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ARTIS
Definition of ARTIS
noun
plural of arti
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Word DNA
ARTIS inherits its ancestry from its root, AARTI.
Line of descent
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
15th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
1%
of traced words share this origin (741)
branch · 1.5% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, AARTI · 3 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.
ARTIS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 41, 30 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 155, 22 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 41, 30 June 2026.
Built from these letters
ARTIS starts with A and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AIRST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
8 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start ARTIS
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 41
Could you have found ARTIS?
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 41 - and most players walked straight past it.
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