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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).
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 1 board so far. 12 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 2, 23 May 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 104 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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