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ARTERIAL
Definition of ARTERIAL
adjective
Of or relating to an artery.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From artery + -al.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, ARTERIAL · 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.
ARTERIAL in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far. 16 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 138, 5 October 2026. The most recent board was Day 141, 8 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 11 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 138, 5 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
ARTERIAL starts with A and ends with L. Sorted, its letters read AAEILRRT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A and R appear more than once.
Words that start ARTERI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found ARTERIAL?
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 138 - and most players walked straight past it.
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