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ARRIVAL
Definition of ARRIVAL
noun
The act of arriving (reaching a certain place).
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Where it comes from
From Middle English arivaile, arivaille, arrival, arryvaile, arryvaylle, aryvayle, aryvaylle, from Middle French arrivaille, from arriver. By surface analysis, arrive + -al.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Middle French
- Middle English
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
13th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
1.1%
of traced words share this origin (275)
branch · 15.1% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, ARRIVAL · 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.
ARRIVAL in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far. 17 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 127, 24 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 127, 24 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
ARRIVAL starts with A and ends with L. Sorted, its letters read AAILRRV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A and R appear more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start ARRIVA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found ARRIVAL?
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 127 - and most players walked straight past it.
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