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OCEANOGRAPHIES
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).
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 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 95, 23 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 100, 28 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 95, 23 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
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.
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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