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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).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Latin
- Italian
- Middle English
- English
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.7%
of traced words share this origin (24,117)
branch · 30.7% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, ALARUM · 4 relatives 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.
ALARUM in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 22 boards so far. 24 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 38, 27 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 154, 21 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 5 days.
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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