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OCCIDENT
Definition of OCCIDENT
noun
The part of the horizon where the sun last appears in the evening; that part of the earth towards the sunset; the west.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English occident, from Old French occident, from Latin occidentem (“western sky, part of the sky in which the sun sets”), from occido (“go down, set”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
32.5%
of traced words share this origin (8,497)
branch · 32.5% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, OCCIDENT · 1 relative in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
OCCIDENT in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 131, 28 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 131, 28 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
OCCIDENT starts with O and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read CCDEINOT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. C appears more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start OCCIDE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found OCCIDENT?
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 131 - and most players walked straight past it.
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