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ODDS

/ɑdz/4 letters

Definition of ODDS

noun

The ratio of the probability of an event happening to that of it not happening.

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

From odd (“uneven, strange”).

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

Word DNA

How it is built

noun1 syllable

Same root, ODD · 8 relatives in the game

The Word DNA of OUTLIER →

Rarity score
Withheld
Revealed only in play
Tier
Withheld
Find it yourself

OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

ODDS in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 1 board so far.

Day 1Day 166
Its one board, across 166 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
1
Boards found on
145
First board
21
Days since seen

It first turned up on Day 145, 12 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 21 days.

First ever to find it

irishpaul70

on Day 145, 12 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

ODDS
4
Letters
1
Vowels
3
Consonants
3
Different letters
3
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

ODDS starts with O and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read DDOS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. D appears more than once, including a double letter.

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 ODDS

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

ODDSMANODDSMENODDSMAKERODDSMAKERS

Could you have found ODDS?

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 145 - and most players walked straight past it.

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