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ARABLE
Definition of ARABLE
adjective
Of land, able to be plowed or tilled, capable of growing crops (traditionally contrasted with pasturable lands such as heaths).
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English arable, from Middle French arable, from Old French arable, from Latin arābilis, formed from arō (“plow”) + -bilis (“able to be”). Cognate with earable (“arable”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
4 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.6%
of traced words share this origin (24,861)
branch · 30.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, ARABLE · 2 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.
ARABLE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 20 boards so far. 49 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 26, 15 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 163, 30 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 26, 15 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
ARABLE starts with A and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read AABELR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Also seen on Day 26
Could you have found ARABLE?
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 26 - and most players walked straight past it.
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