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ODALISQUE
Definition of ODALISQUE
noun
A female slave in a harem, especially one in the Ottoman seraglio.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from French odalisque, from Ottoman Turkish اوطهلق (odalık, “chambermaid”), from اوده (oda, “room”).
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.
ODALISQUE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 9 boards so far. 36 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 45, 4 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 101, 29 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 45, 4 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
ODALISQUE starts with O and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read ADEILOQSU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram. It uses Q - among the least common letters in written English.
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 ODALIS
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 45
Could you have found ODALISQUE?
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 45 - and most players walked straight past it.
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