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OCTROI
Definition of OCTROI
noun
A privilege granted by the sovereign authority, such as the exclusive right of trade granted to a guild or society; a concession.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from French octroi, from Middle French octroy, alteration of Old French otroi, from otroier (“to grant”), from Late Latin auctōrizāre.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
OCTROI in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 31, 20 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 81, 9 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 39 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 31, 20 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
OCTROI starts with O and ends with I. Sorted, its letters read CIOORT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once.
Also seen on Day 31
Could you have found OCTROI?
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 31 - and most players walked straight past it.
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