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ARUGULA
Definition of ARUGULA
noun
A yellowish-flowered Mediterranean herb of the mustard family with flavoured leaves, often eaten in salads, that has a distinct, peppery flavor, of three species: Eruca spp., especially Eruca sativa (syn. Eruca vesicaria subsp. sativa) Diplotaxis tenuifolia
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Where it comes from
Probably from a Southern Italian dialect word equivalent to Standard Italian rucola, whence also, since c. 1967, English rucola. Also cognate to rocket (“plant”), eruca, roquette.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Italian
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
10th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
1.7%
of traced words share this origin (1,346)
branch · 12.8% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, ARUGULA · 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.
ARUGULA in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 15 boards so far. 30 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 32, 21 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 138, 5 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 23 days.
First found by a player on Day 38, 27 June 2026.
Built from these letters
ARUGULA starts with A and ends with A. Sorted, its letters read AAGLRUU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A and U appear more than once.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Also seen on Day 32
Could you have found ARUGULA?
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 32 - and most players walked straight past it.
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