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ARIOSE
Definition of ARIOSE
adjective
Melodic and song-like.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Italian arioso (“airy, breezy”) (from aria (“air; aria, song”) (from Ancient Greek ᾱ̓ήρ (āḗr, “air; wind”), possibly ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ews- (“dawn; east”)) + -oso) + -ose.
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.
ARIOSE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 5 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 72, 31 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 113, 10 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 8 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 79, 7 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
ARIOSE starts with A and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read AEIORS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Could you have found ARIOSE?
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 72 - and most players walked straight past it.
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