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ARBUSCLE
Definition of ARBUSCLE
noun
A plant midway in height between a shrub and a tree; a dwarf tree.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Latin arbuscula, diminutive of arbor or arbos (“tree; tuft of feathers”).
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 (25,170)
branch · 30.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, ARBUSCLE · 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.
ARBUSCLE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 7 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 72, 31 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 157, 24 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 8 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 100, 28 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Also on
Built from these letters
ARBUSCLE starts with A and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read ABCELRSU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start ARBUSC
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found ARBUSCLE?
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 72 - and most players walked straight past it.
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