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ODIOUS
Definition of ODIOUS
adjective
Arousing or meriting strong dislike, aversion, or intense displeasure.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English odious, from Old French odieus, from Latin odiōsus, from odium (“hate”).
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.
ODIOUS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 45 boards so far. 125 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 25, 14 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 100, 28 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 25, 14 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
ODIOUS starts with O and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read DIOOSU - 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 ODIOUS
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 25
Could you have found ODIOUS?
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 25 - and most players walked straight past it.
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