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AREOLA
Definition of AREOLA
noun
The circular, darkly pigmented area surrounding a nipple; the areola mammae.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Latin āreola (“small vacant space, garden”), diminutive of ārea. Doublet of areole.
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
33.1%
of traced words share this origin (9,912)
branch · 33.1% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, AREOLA · 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.
AREOLA in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 47 boards so far. 89 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 28, 17 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 152, 19 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 28, 17 June 2026.
Built from these letters
AREOLA starts with A and ends with A. Sorted, its letters read AAELOR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Words that start AREOLA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 28
Could you have found AREOLA?
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 28 - and most players walked straight past it.
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