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OESOPHAGUS
Definition of OESOPHAGUS
noun
The tube that carries food from the pharynx to the stomach.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Ancient Greek οἰσοφάγος (oisophágos), from οἴσω (oísō), future form of φέρω (phérō, “to carry”) + ἔφαγον (éphagon, “to eat”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Ancient Greek
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
3rd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
12.4%
of traced words share this origin (10,640)
branch · 12.4% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, OESOPHAGUS · 5 relatives 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.
OESOPHAGUS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 162, 29 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 14 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 162, 29 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
OESOPHAGUS starts with O and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AEGHOOPSSU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O and S appear more than once.
Words that start OESOPH
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found OESOPHAGUS?
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 162 - and most players walked straight past it.
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