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ARMY
Definition of ARMY
noun
A large, highly organized military force, concerned mainly with ground (rather than air or naval) operations.
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Where it comes from
From (1386) Middle English armee, borrowed from Old French armee (cf. modern French armée), from Medieval Latin armāta (“armed force”), a noun taken from the past participle of Latin armāre (“to arm”), itself related to arma (“tools, arms”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂er- (“to join, fit together”). Doublet of armada. Displaced native Old English here and fierd.
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.
ARMY in OUTLIER
It has fitted 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 2, 23 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 90, 18 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 16 days.
First found by a player on Day 35, 24 June 2026.
Built from these letters
ARMY starts with A and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read AMRY - 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.
Words that start ARMY
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 2
Could you have found ARMY?
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 2 - and most players walked straight past it.
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