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REALGAR
Definition of REALGAR
noun
A mineral, arsenic sulfide (AsS), often associated with orpiment and stibnite in lead, silver and gold ores.
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Where it comes from
From Middle English realgar, from Medieval Latin realgar, resalgar, from Arabic رَهْج اَلْغَار (rahj al-ḡār, literally “cave dust”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Arabic
- Latin
- Middle English
- English
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
12th
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
1.3%
of traced words share this origin (395)
branch · 2% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, REALGAR · 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.
REALGAR in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 138, 5 October 2026. The most recent board was Day 141, 8 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 8 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 138, 5 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
REALGAR starts with R and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read AAEGLRR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. R and A appear more than once.
Could you have found REALGAR?
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 138 - and most players walked straight past it.
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