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OCTADS
Definition of OCTADS
noun
plural of octad
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Word DNA
OCTADS inherits its ancestry from its root, OCTAD.
How it is built
Same root, OCTAD · 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.
OCTADS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 14 boards so far. 14 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 29, 18 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 136, 3 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 14 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 29, 18 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
OCTADS starts with O and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ACDOST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Also seen on Day 29
Could you have found OCTADS?
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 29 - and most players walked straight past it.
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