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ARKING
Definition of ARKING
Wiktionary has no entry for ARKING itself. This is its base word, ARKE.
noun
Obsolete form of ark.
ARK
symbol
ISO 639-3 language code for Arikapú.
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Word DNA
ARKING inherits its ancestry from its root, ARK.
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
33.1%
of traced words share this origin (9,711)
branch · 33.1% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, ARK · 2 relatives 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.
ARKING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 35, 24 June 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 114 days.
First found by a player on Day 35, 24 June 2026.
Built from these letters
ARKING starts with A and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read AGIKNR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Also seen on Day 35
Could you have found ARKING?
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 35 - and most players walked straight past it.
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