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BAKEAPPLE
Definition of BAKEAPPLE
noun
The cloudberry, Rubus chamaemorus
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Probably bake + apple, influenced by bake in composite words, as suggested by the Oxford English Dictionary. An apparent folk etymology is French baie, qu'appelle which roughly translates as "what's the name of that berry".
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- French
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
5th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
5.3%
of traced words share this origin (4,282)
branch · 12.8% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, BAKEAPPLE · 1 relative in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
BAKEAPPLE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 151, 18 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 12 days.
First found by a player on Day 151, 18 October 2026.
Built from these letters
BAKEAPPLE starts with B and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read AABEEKLPP - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A, E and P appear more than once, including a double letter.
Could you have found BAKEAPPLE?
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 151 - and most players walked straight past it.
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