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ARVAL
Definition of ARVAL
noun
A funeral feast or wake at which bread and ale was served, traditional in Scotland, the North of England, and among the Norse.
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Where it comes from
From Middle English arvell, from Old Norse erfiǫl (“a funeral feast”), from arfr (“inheritance”) + öl (“ale”). Cognate with Danish arveøl (“a wake, funeral feast”). More at erf, ale.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
ARVAL in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 64, 23 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 104, 1 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 6 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 64, 23 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
ARVAL starts with A and ends with L. Sorted, its letters read AALRV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Same letters, different word
2 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Could you have found ARVAL?
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 64 - and most players walked straight past it.
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