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OCEANOGRAPHIES

/ˌəʊʃjəˈnɒɡɹəfi/14 letters

Definition of OCEANOGRAPHIES

Wiktionary has no entry for OCEANOGRAPHIES itself. This is its base word, OCEANOGRAPHY.

noun

The exploration and scientific study of the oceans and ocean floor.

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

The origin recorded for OCEANOGRAPHY.

From ocean + -ography.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

Word DNA

How it is built

noun5 syllablescompound

Same root, OCEANOGRAPHY · 1 relative in the game

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Tier
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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

OCEANOGRAPHIES in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 5 boards so far. 16 players have found it across Outlier's history.

Day 1Day 151
Its 5 boards, across 151 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
5
Boards found on
95
First board
149
Latest board
28
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 95, 23 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 149, 16 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.

First ever to find it

witchgraphed

on Day 95, 23 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

OCEANOGRAPHIES
14
Letters
7
Vowels
7
Consonants
11
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
2
Longest vowel run

OCEANOGRAPHIES starts with O and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AACEEGHINOOPRS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O, E and A appear more than once.

Words that start OCEANOGRAP

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

OCEANOGRAPHYOCEANOGRAPHEROCEANOGRAPHICOCEANOGRAPHERSOCEANOGRAPHICAL

Could you have found OCEANOGRAPHIES?

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 95 - and most players walked straight past it.

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