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AROUND
Definition of AROUND
preposition
Forming a circle or closed curve containing (something).
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English around, arounde, from a- (from Old English a- (“on, at”)) + Middle English round (“circle, round”) borrowed from French, equivalent to a- + round. Cognate with Scots aroond, aroon (“around”). Displaced earlier Middle English umbe, embe (“around”) (from Old English ymbe (“around”)).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
5th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
5.3%
of traced words share this origin (4,125)
branch · 12.9% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, AROUND · 1 relative in the game
Its etymology also names Scots.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
AROUND in OUTLIER
It has fitted 2 boards so far. 20 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 2, 23 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 134, 1 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 22 days.
First found by a player on Day 10, 30 May 2026.
Built from these letters
AROUND starts with A and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read ADNORU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Also seen on Day 2
Could you have found AROUND?
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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