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OARLOCK
Definition of OARLOCK
noun
A usually U-shaped device attached to the gunwale of a rowboat to hold the oars in place while rowing.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From oar + lock.
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.
OARLOCK in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 88, 16 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 33 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 88, 16 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
OARLOCK starts with O and ends with K. Sorted, its letters read ACKLOOR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once.
Could you have found OARLOCK?
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 88 - and most players walked straight past it.
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