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OCTOGENARY
Definition of OCTOGENARY
adjective
Of or related to the number 80, particularly
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Latin octōgēnārius (“containing 80”) either directly or via French octogénaire, from Latin octōgēnus (“80 each”) + -ārius (“-ary”), from octōgintā (“eight tens, 80”). Cognate with octogenarian.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
5th
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
7.2%
of traced words share this origin (2,103)
branch · 15.4% 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.
OCTOGENARY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 19 boards so far. 31 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 25, 14 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 142, 9 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 6 days.
First found by a player on Day 25, 14 June 2026.
Built from these letters
OCTOGENARY starts with O and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read ACEGNOORTY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once.
Words that start OCTOGE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 25
Could you have found OCTOGENARY?
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 25 - and most players walked straight past it.
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