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OCTAPODY
Definition of OCTAPODY
noun
A metre or verse of eight feet.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From octa- + -pody, from Ancient Greek ὀκτώ (oktṓ, “eight”) and πούς, ποδός (poús, podós, “foot”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Ancient Greek
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
2nd
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
12.6%
of traced words share this origin (3,695)
branch · 12.6% of traced words
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.
OCTAPODY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 72, 31 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 111, 8 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 37 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 87, 15 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
OCTAPODY starts with O and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read ACDOOPTY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once.
Words that start OCTAPO
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found OCTAPODY?
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 72 - and most players walked straight past it.
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