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OARSMAN
Definition of OARSMAN
noun
A person who rows a boat, either alone or with others.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From oar + -s- + -man.
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.
OARSMAN in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 65, 24 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 94, 22 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 26 days.
First found by a player on Day 65, 24 July 2026.
Built from these letters
OARSMAN starts with O and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read AAMNORS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start OARSMA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found OARSMAN?
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 65 - and most players walked straight past it.
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