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ARCUS
Definition of ARCUS
noun
A white band of cholesterol that forms at the edge of the cornea
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Latin arcus. Doublet of arc and arco. Distantly related to arrow.
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.
ARCUS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 7 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 34, 23 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 104, 1 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 16 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 51, 10 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Also on
Built from these letters
ARCUS starts with A and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ACRSU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
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 ARCUS
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 34
Could you have found ARCUS?
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 34 - and most players walked straight past it.
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