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ARVICOLE
Definition of ARVICOLE
noun
field mouse , vole
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Latin arvum (“field”) + colo (“to inhabit”); compare Italian arvicola.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
10th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
2%
of traced words share this origin (576)
branch · 15.4% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, ARVICOLE · 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.
ARVICOLE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 72, 31 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 79, 7 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 71 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 79, 7 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
ARVICOLE starts with A and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read ACEILORV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start ARVICO
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found ARVICOLE?
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 72 - and most players walked straight past it.
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