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OCTAS
Definition of OCTAS
noun
plural of octa
noun
The proportion of the sky that is obscured by clouds, in eighths (one octa means that one eighth of the sky is obscured, two octas that one quarter is obscured, and so on).
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Word DNA
OCTAS inherits its ancestry from its root, OCTA.
How it is built
Same root, OCTA · 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.
OCTAS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 4 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 72, 31 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 138, 5 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 15 days.
First found by a player on Day 77, 5 August 2026.
Built from these letters
OCTAS starts with O and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ACOST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
6 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start OCTAS
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found OCTAS?
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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