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ARCANE
Definition of ARCANE
adjective
Understood by only a few.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Latin arcānus (“hidden, secret”), from arceō (“to shut up, enclose”); cognate with Latin arca (“a chest”).
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.
ARCANE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 32 boards so far. 58 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 21, 10 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 110, 7 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 21, 10 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
ARCANE starts with A and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read AACENR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Also seen on Day 21
Could you have found ARCANE?
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 21 - and most players walked straight past it.
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