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ODYSSEY
Definition of ODYSSEY
noun
An extended adventurous voyage, usually in search of home.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Odyssey, from Ancient Greek Ὀδυσσεία (Odusseía, “the story of Odysseus”).
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.
ODYSSEY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 76, 4 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 47 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 76, 4 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
ODYSSEY starts with O and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read DEOSSYY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. Y and S appear more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start ODYSSE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found ODYSSEY?
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 76 - and most players walked straight past it.
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