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AREA
Definition of AREA
noun
A measure of the extent of a surface; it is measured in square units.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Learned borrowing from Latin ārea.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Latin
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.7%
of traced words share this origin (26,450)
branch · 30.7% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, AREA · 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.
AREA in OUTLIER
It has fitted 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 3, 24 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 134, 1 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 43 days.
First found by a player on Day 45, 4 July 2026.
Built from these letters
AREA starts with A and ends with A. Sorted, its letters read AAER - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Words that start AREA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 3
Could you have found AREA?
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 3 - and most players walked straight past it.
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