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ARANEOUS
Definition of ARANEOUS
adjective
Extremely thin and delicate, like a cobweb.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Latin araneosus, from aranea (“spider, spider's web”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Latin
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.6%
of traced words share this origin (24,817)
branch · 30.6% of traced words
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
ARANEOUS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 73, 1 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 123, 20 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 40 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 73, 1 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
ARANEOUS starts with A and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AAENORSU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Could you have found ARANEOUS?
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 73 - and most players walked straight past it.
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