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AUROCHSEN
Definition of AUROCHSEN
noun
plural of aurochs
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
A direct parallel of the German plural Ochsen of Ochs, Ochse (“ox”), recreating the same distinction by analogy as English singular ox and plural oxen; equivalent to aurochs + -en (plural ending).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- German
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
8th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
3.3%
of traced words share this origin (2,876)
branch · 22.6% of traced words
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
AUROCHSEN in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 163, 30 October 2026. The most recent board was Day 175, 11 November 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 163, 30 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
AUROCHSEN starts with A and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read ACEHNORSU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Could you have found AUROCHSEN?
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 163 - and most players walked straight past it.
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