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ARTESIAN
Definition of ARTESIAN
adjective
Of a water supply, rising to the surface under its own hydrostatic pressure.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From French puits artésien (“artesian well”), from the former province of Artois, where the technique of artesian wells was elaborated by monks in the 12th century.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- French
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
5th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
7.2%
of traced words share this origin (2,111)
branch · 15.4% of traced words
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.
ARTESIAN in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 33 boards so far. 49 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 34, 23 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 149, 16 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 34, 23 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
ARTESIAN starts with A and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read AAEINRST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Same letters, different word
5 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Also seen on Day 34
Could you have found ARTESIAN?
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 34 - and most players walked straight past it.
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