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OCTONARY
Definition of OCTONARY
adjective
Of eighth rank or order.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From the Latin octōnārius (“containing eight”), from octōnī (“eight at a time”, “by eights”, “eight each”) + -ārius (whence the English suffix -ary). Doublet of octonarius.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Latin
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
33.1%
of traced words share this origin (9,696)
branch · 33.1% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, OCTONARY · 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.
OCTONARY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 7 boards so far. 10 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 72, 31 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 143, 10 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 4 days.
First found by a player on Day 103, 31 August 2026.
Also on
Built from these letters
OCTONARY starts with O and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read ACNOORTY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start OCTONA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found OCTONARY?
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