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ARPEGGIO
Definition of ARPEGGIO
noun
The notes of a chord played individually instead of simultaneously, usually moving from lowest to highest.
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Where it comes from
Borrowed from Italian arpeggio, from arpeggiare (“to play a harp”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Italian
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
10th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
1.8%
of traced words share this origin (492)
branch · 15.3% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, ARPEGGIO · 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.
ARPEGGIO in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far. 15 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 134, 1 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 134, 1 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
ARPEGGIO starts with A and ends with O. Sorted, its letters read AEGGIOPR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. G appears more than once, including a double letter.
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 ARPEGG
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found ARPEGGIO?
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 134 - and most players walked straight past it.
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