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OECIST
Definition of OECIST
noun
A founder of a colony.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Ancient Greek οἰκιστής (oikistḗs).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Ancient Greek
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
2nd
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
12.6%
of traced words share this origin (3,672)
branch · 12.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, OECIST · 1 relative in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
OECIST in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 18 boards so far. 21 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 59, 18 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 147, 14 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 59, 18 July 2026.
Built from these letters
OECIST starts with O and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read CEIOST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
2 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Also seen on Day 59
Could you have found OECIST?
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 59 - and most players walked straight past it.
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