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ODIST
Definition of ODIST
noun
A writer of an ode or odes.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From ode + -ist.
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.
ODIST in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 10 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 72, 31 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 116, 13 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 74, 2 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
ODIST starts with O and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read DIOST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
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 ODIST
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found ODIST?
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 72 - and most players walked straight past it.
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