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OCTAHEDRAL
Definition of OCTAHEDRAL
adjective
Of, relating to, or having the shape of an octahedron.
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Where it comes from
From octa- + -hedral.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
OCTAHEDRAL in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 36 boards so far. 60 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 31, 20 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 164, 31 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First found by a player on Day 31, 20 June 2026.
Built from these letters
OCTAHEDRAL starts with O and ends with L. Sorted, its letters read AACDEHLORT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Words that start OCTAHE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 31
Could you have found OCTAHEDRAL?
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 31 - and most players walked straight past it.
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