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ARNICAS
Definition of ARNICAS
noun
plural of arnica
noun
Any of several plants, of the genus Arnica, considered to have medicinal properties, especially Arnica montana.
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Word DNA
ARNICAS inherits its ancestry from its root, ARNICA.
How it is built
Same root, ARNICA · 1 relative 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.
ARNICAS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 11 boards so far. 12 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 58, 17 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 148, 15 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 58, 17 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
ARNICAS starts with A and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AACINRS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
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 58
Could you have found ARNICAS?
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 58 - and most players walked straight past it.
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