The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
ARCHIVALS
Definition of ARCHIVALS
noun
plural of archival
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Word DNA
ARCHIVALS inherits its ancestry from its root, ARCHIVAL.
How it is built
Same root, ARCHIVAL · 1 relative 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.
ARCHIVALS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 5 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 139, 6 October 2026. The most recent board was Day 168, 4 November 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 139, 6 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
ARCHIVALS starts with A and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AACHILRSV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Words that start ARCHIV
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found ARCHIVALS?
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 139 - and most players walked straight past it.
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