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ARRESTOR
Definition of ARRESTOR
noun
Alternative form of arrester.
ARRESTER
noun
One who places another under arrest.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From arrest + -or.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
ARRESTOR in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 141, 8 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 10 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
ARRESTOR starts with A and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read AEORRRST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. R appears more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start ARREST
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found ARRESTOR?
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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