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ARITHMETIC
Definition of ARITHMETIC
adjective
Of, relating to, or using arithmetic; arithmetical.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English arsmetike, from Old French arismetique, from Latin arithmētica, from Ancient Greek ἀριθμητική (τέχνη) (arithmētikḗ (tékhnē), “(art of) counting”), feminine of ἀριθμητικός (arithmētikós, “arithmetical”), from ἀριθμός (arithmós, “number, counting”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ri-dʰh₁-mó-s, form of *h₂rey- (“to count, reason”). Used in English since 13th century.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
5 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
2nd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
14.2%
of traced words share this origin (11,575)
How it is built
Every Proto-Indo-European word → · The Word DNA of OUTLIER →
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
ARITHMETIC in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 106, 3 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 58 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 106, 3 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
ARITHMETIC starts with A and ends with C. Sorted, its letters read ACEHIIMRTT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I and T appear more than once.
Words that start ARITHM
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found ARITHMETIC?
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