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OCTANGLE
Definition of OCTANGLE
noun
A geometric figure with eight corners, an octagon.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From oct- + angle.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, OCTANGLE · 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.
OCTANGLE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 5 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 28, 17 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 137, 4 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 12 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 28, 17 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
OCTANGLE starts with O and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read ACEGLNOT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start OCTANG
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 28
Could you have found OCTANGLE?
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 28 - and most players walked straight past it.
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