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APTITUDE

/ˈæptɪˌtjuːd/8 letters

Definition of APTITUDE

noun

A natural ability to acquire knowledge or skill.

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

From Middle French aptitude, from Medieval Latin aptitudo, from Latin aptus (“apt, fit”). By surface analysis, apt + -itude. Doublet of attitude.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

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Find it yourself

OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

APTITUDE in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 1 board so far.

Day 1Day 111
Its one board, across 111 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
1
Boards found on
106
First board
5
Days since seen

It first turned up on Day 106, 3 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 5 days.

First ever to find it

masio

on Day 106, 3 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

APTITUDE
8
Letters
4
Vowels
4
Consonants
7
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

APTITUDE starts with A and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read ADEIPTTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. T appears more than once.

Words that start APTITU

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

APTITUDESAPTITUDINALAPTITUDINALLY

Could you have found APTITUDE?

OUTLIER is a daily word game. One grid, the same grid for everybody, and the words nobody else spots are the ones that pay. This word was on Day 106 - and most players walked straight past it.

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