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OCTOGENARIAN
Definition of OCTOGENARIAN
noun
Synonym of eightysomething: a person between 80 and 89 years old.
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Where it comes from
From Latin octōgēnārius + -an (suffix forming adjectives and representative nouns), either directly or via French octogénaire, from Latin octōgēnus (“80 each”) + -ārius (“-ary”), from octōgintā (“eight tens, 80”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
5th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
7.2%
of traced words share this origin (2,155)
branch · 15.5% 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.
OCTOGENARIAN in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 145, 12 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 8 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 145, 12 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
OCTOGENARIAN starts with O and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read AACEGINNOORT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O, N and A appear more than once.
Words that start OCTOGENA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found OCTOGENARIAN?
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 145 - and most players walked straight past it.
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