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OCCIPUT
Definition of OCCIPUT
noun
The back part of the head or skull.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Latin occiput (“the back part of the head”). Compare sinciput.
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.
OCCIPUT in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far. 93 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 111, 8 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 111, 8 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
OCCIPUT starts with O and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read CCIOPTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. C appears more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start OCCIPU
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found OCCIPUT?
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 111 - and most players walked straight past it.
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