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OAKIEST

7 letters

Definition of OAKIEST

adjective

superlative form of oaky: most oaky

OAKY

adjective

Resembling or characteristic of the oak tree or its wood.

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Word DNA

OAKIEST inherits its ancestry from its root, OAK.

Line of descent

  1. Ancient Greek
  2. Latin
  3. Swedish
  4. Norwegian
  5. Icelandic
  6. Danish
  7. Dutch
  8. Scots
  9. Proto-Indo-European
  10. Proto-Germanic
  11. Old English
  12. Middle English
  13. English

12 recorded generations before English.

Ancient Greek

Deepest traced root

3rd

of 59 source languages in OUTLIER

12.2%

of traced words share this origin (9,517)

Hellenic

branch · 12.2% of traced words

How it is built

adjective

Same root, OAK · 8 relatives in the game

Its etymology also names Italian.

Every Ancient Greek word → · The Word DNA of OUTLIER →

Rarity score
Withheld
Revealed only in play
Tier
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Find it yourself

OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

OAKIEST in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 13 boards so far. 15 players have found it across Outlier's history.

Day 1Day 157
Its 13 boards, across 157 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
13
Boards found on
60
First board
155
Latest board
34
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 60, 19 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 155, 22 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.

First ever to find it

mfhillman

on Day 60, 19 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

OAKIEST
7
Letters
4
Vowels
3
Consonants
7
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
2
Longest vowel run

OAKIEST starts with O and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read AEIKOST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.

Words that start OAKIES

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

Could you have found OAKIEST?

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 60 - and most players walked straight past it.

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