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ARCUATE
Definition of ARCUATE
adjective
curved into the shape of a bow.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Latin arcuātus.
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.
ARCUATE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 6 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 45, 4 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 119, 16 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 45, 4 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
ARCUATE starts with A and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read AACERTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Words that start ARCUAT
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 45
Could you have found ARCUATE?
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 45 - and most players walked straight past it.
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