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ARTERIALS
Definition of ARTERIALS
noun
plural of arterial
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Word DNA
ARTERIALS inherits its ancestry from its root, ARTERY.
Line of descent
4 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
3rd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
12.4%
of traced words share this origin (10,302)
branch · 12.4% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, ARTERY · 5 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.
ARTERIALS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 4 boards so far. 11 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 138, 5 October 2026. The most recent board was Day 155, 22 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 12 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
ARTERIALS starts with A and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AAEILRRST - 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 ARTERIALS?
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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