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ARBUTUS
Definition of ARBUTUS
noun
A strawberry tree, any of the flowering plants in the genus Arbutus.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From taxonomic name Arbutus, from Latin arbutus.
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.
ARBUTUS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 7 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 42, 1 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 115, 12 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 4 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 42, 1 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Also on
Built from these letters
ARBUTUS starts with A and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ABRSTUU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. U appears more than once.
Words that start ARBUTU
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 42
Could you have found ARBUTUS?
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 42 - and most players walked straight past it.
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