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OCTOPI
Definition of OCTOPI
noun
plural of octopus
noun
Any of several marine molluscs of the order Octopoda, having no internal or external protective shell or bone (unlike the nautilus, squid and cuttlefish) and eight arms each covered with suckers.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Formed on a common assumption that the -us of Latin octopus was a second-declension case ending.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Latin
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
33.1%
of traced words share this origin (10,004)
branch · 33.1% 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.
OCTOPI in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 50 boards so far. 358 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 7, 28 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 147, 14 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 6 days.
First found by a player on Day 7, 28 May 2026.
Built from these letters
OCTOPI starts with O and ends with I. Sorted, its letters read CIOOPT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once.
Also seen on Day 7
Could you have found OCTOPI?
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 7 - and most players walked straight past it.
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