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ARREAR
Definition of ARREAR
adverb
Towards the rear, backwards.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English arere, from Old French arere, from Vulgar Latin *ad retro (literally “to the rear”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.7%
of traced words share this origin (25,695)
branch · 30.7% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, ARREAR · 2 relatives 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.
ARREAR in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far. 13 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 141, 8 October 2026. The most recent board was Day 155, 22 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 16 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 141, 8 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
ARREAR starts with A and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read AAERRR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A and R appear more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start ARREAR
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found ARREAR?
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 141 - and most players walked straight past it.
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