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OCELOTS
Definition of OCELOTS
noun
plural of ocelot
noun
An American feline carnivore (Leopardus pardalis, syn. Felis pardalis) covered with blackish ocellated spots and blotches which are variously arranged.
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Another sense
OCELOTS carries a second meaning.
noun
Plural form of ocelot.
Word DNA
OCELOTS inherits its ancestry from its root, OCELOT.
Line of descent
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
34th
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
0.2%
of traced words share this origin (59)
branch · 0.2% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, OCELOT · 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.
OCELOTS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 35 boards so far. 141 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 43, 2 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 148, 15 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 43, 2 July 2026.
Built from these letters
OCELOTS starts with O and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read CELOOST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Also seen on Day 43
Could you have found OCELOTS?
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 43 - and most players walked straight past it.
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