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ARMED
Definition of ARMED
adjective
Equipped, especially with a weapon.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From arm (“to equip with a weapon”) + -ed.
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.
ARMED in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 51, 10 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 90, 18 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 19 days.
First found by a player on Day 51, 10 July 2026.
Built from these letters
ARMED starts with A and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read ADEMR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
3 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Also seen on Day 51
Could you have found ARMED?
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 51 - and most players walked straight past it.
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