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ALARUM
Definition of ALARUM
noun
A danger signal or warning.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English alarom, from Old Italian all'arme (“to arms, to the weapons”), from Latin arma, armorum (“weapons”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
ALARUM in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 14 boards so far. 16 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 38, 27 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 102, 30 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 38, 27 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
ALARUM starts with A and ends with M. Sorted, its letters read AALMRU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Words that start ALARUM
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 38
Could you have found ALARUM?
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 38 - and most players walked straight past it.
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