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ARCHFIEND
Definition of ARCHFIEND
proper noun
Satan.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From arch- + fiend. Compare German Erzfeind, Dutch aartsvijand.
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.
ARCHFIEND in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 57, 16 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 102, 30 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 57, 16 July 2026.
Built from these letters
ARCHFIEND starts with A and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read ACDEFHINR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Also seen on Day 57
Could you have found ARCHFIEND?
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 57 - and most players walked straight past it.
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