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OARLIKE
Definition of OARLIKE
adjective
Resembling or characteristic of an oar.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From oar + -like.
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.
OARLIKE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 8 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 86, 14 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 117, 14 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 86, 14 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
OARLIKE starts with O and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read AEIKLOR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Could you have found OARLIKE?
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 86 - and most players walked straight past it.
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