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ARRIS
Definition of ARRIS
noun
A sharp edge or ridge formed by the intersection of two surfaces
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Old French areste, from Latin arista (“beard (of grain), fishbone”). Doublet of arista.
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.
ARRIS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 90, 18 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 31 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 90, 18 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
ARRIS starts with A and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AIRRS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. R 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 ARRIS
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found ARRIS?
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 90 - and most players walked straight past it.
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