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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).
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 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 3, 24 May 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 103 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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