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ARCADE
Definition of ARCADE
noun
A row of arches.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Unadapted borrowing from French arcade, from Italian arcata (“the arch of a bridge”), from Latin arcus (“an arc”). Not etymologically related to Arcadia.
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.
ARCADE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 8 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 27, 16 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 105, 2 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 4 days.
First found by a player on Day 27, 16 June 2026.
Built from these letters
ARCADE starts with A and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read AACDER - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Also seen on Day 27
Could you have found ARCADE?
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 27 - and most players walked straight past it.
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