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OCCUPIER
Definition of OCCUPIER
noun
One who occupies, particularly with respect to a foreign government controlling the territory of another.
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Where it comes from
From Middle English occupier, occupiour, from occupien + -er (equivalent to occupy + -er) or Middle French occupier, occupiour.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Middle French
- Middle English
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
13th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
1.1%
of traced words share this origin (873)
branch · 12.8% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, OCCUPIER · 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.
OCCUPIER in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 140, 7 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 27 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 140, 7 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
OCCUPIER starts with O and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read CCEIOPRU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. C appears more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start OCCUPI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found OCCUPIER?
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 140 - and most players walked straight past it.
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