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ARCOLOGIES
Definition of ARCOLOGIES
noun
plural of arcology
noun
Urban development theory proposed by Paolo Soleri involving three-dimensional building methods and efficient use of space and resources.
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Word DNA
ARCOLOGIES inherits its ancestry from its root, ARCOLOGY.
Line of descent
- Italian
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
10th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
1.7%
of traced words share this origin (1,301)
branch · 12.9% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, ARCOLOGY · 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.
ARCOLOGIES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 22 boards so far. 31 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 44, 3 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 148, 15 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 10 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 44, 3 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
ARCOLOGIES starts with A and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ACEGILOORS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once.
Words that start ARCOLO
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found ARCOLOGIES?
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 44 - and most players walked straight past it.
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