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OCTETS

6 letters

Definition of OCTETS

noun

plural of octet

OCTET

noun

A group or set of eight of something.

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Word DNA

OCTETS inherits its ancestry from its root, OCTET.

How it is built

nouncompound-etoct-

Same root, OCTET · 1 relative in the game

The Word DNA of OUTLIER →

Rarity score
Withheld
Revealed only in play
Tier
Withheld
Find it yourself

OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

OCTETS in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 5 boards so far. 18 players have found it across Outlier's history.

Day 1Day 164
Its 5 boards, across 164 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
5
Boards found on
106
First board
148
Latest board
18
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 106, 3 September 2026. The most recent board was Day 148, 15 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 16 days.

First ever to find it

lisah_ah_hahaha

on Day 106, 3 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

OCTETS
6
Letters
2
Vowels
4
Consonants
5
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

OCTETS starts with O and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read CEOSTT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. T appears more than once.

Could you have found OCTETS?

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 106 - and most players walked straight past it.

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