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ARCUBALIST
Definition of ARCUBALIST
noun
A crossbow.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
See arbalist.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
ARCUBALIST in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 100, 28 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 119, 16 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 42 days.
First found by a player on Day 100, 28 August 2026.
Built from these letters
ARCUBALIST starts with A and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read AABCILRSTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start ARCUBA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found ARCUBALIST?
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 100 - and most players walked straight past it.
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