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ARGUS
Definition of ARGUS
noun
A watchful guardian.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Special use of Argus, a many-eyed mythological figure.
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.
ARGUS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 15 boards so far. 13 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 65, 24 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 151, 18 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 14 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 65, 24 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
ARGUS starts with A and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AGRSU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
4 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start ARGUS
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found ARGUS?
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 65 - and most players walked straight past it.
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