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"appearance" is also used as a crossword clue. If that's what you saw, the answer is often look (4 letters).
Definitions
the act of appearing in public view
Word origin
Borrowed from Middle French apparence, from Latin apparentia, from appareo. Morphologically appear + -ance. Doublet of apparence and apparency. Displaced native Old English hīew (“the way something looks or seems”) and ætīewednes (“act of appearing or coming into view”).
Used in a sentence
“His sudden appearance surprised me.”
“There was a strange appearance in the sky.”
“And now am come to ſee of whom ſuch noiſe Hath walk'd about, and each limb to ſurvey, If thy appearance anſwer loud report.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
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01“How something looks”10 letters
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