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OCTO
Definition of OCTO
noun
An octopus (safety device).
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Clipping of octopus
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, OCTO · 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.
OCTO in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 7 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 39, 28 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 148, 15 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 12 days.
First found by a player on Day 39, 28 June 2026.
Also on
Built from these letters
OCTO starts with O and ends with O. Sorted, its letters read COOT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once.
Same letters, different word
2 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start OCTO
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 39
Could you have found OCTO?
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 39 - and most players walked straight past it.
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