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OERSTED
Definition of OERSTED
noun
The CGS unit of magnetizing field (symbol Oe), defined as 1000/4π (≈79.5774715) amperes per meter of flux path.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
After Danish physicist Hans Christian Ørsted.
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.
OERSTED in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 9 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 17, 6 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 109, 6 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 17, 6 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
OERSTED starts with O and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read DEEORST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Same letters, different word
2 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start OERSTE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 17
Could you have found OERSTED?
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 17 - and most players walked straight past it.
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