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OCTAHEDRA
Definition of OCTAHEDRA
noun
plural of octahedron
noun
a polyhedron with eight faces; the regular octahedron has regular triangles as faces and is one of the Platonic solids.
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Word DNA
OCTAHEDRA inherits its ancestry from its root, OCTAHEDRON.
Line of descent
- Ancient Greek
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
3rd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
12.2%
of traced words share this origin (9,569)
branch · 12.2% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, OCTAHEDRON · 4 relatives 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.
OCTAHEDRA in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 15 boards so far. 15 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 46, 5 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 155, 22 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 46, 5 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
OCTAHEDRA starts with O and ends with A. Sorted, its letters read AACDEHORT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A 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.
Words that start OCTAHE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 46
Could you have found OCTAHEDRA?
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 46 - and most players walked straight past it.
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