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OEUVRE

/ˈɜːvɹə/6 letters

Definition of OEUVRE

noun

A work of art, music or literature.

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Where it comes from

From French œuvre, from Old French uevre, from Latin opera (plural of Latin opus), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃ep- (“work”). Doublet of opera, opus, and ure.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

Word DNA

Line of descent

  1. Proto-Indo-European
  2. Latin
  3. Old French
  4. English

3 recorded generations before English.

Proto-Indo-European

Deepest traced root

2nd

of 59 source languages in OUTLIER

14.3%

of traced words share this origin (11,293)

How it is built

noun2 syllables

Same root, OEUVRE · 1 relative in the game

Every Proto-Indo-European word → · The Word DNA of OUTLIER →

Rarity score
Withheld
Revealed only in play
Tier
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Find it yourself

OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

OEUVRE in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 51 boards so far. 135 players have found it across Outlier's history.

Day 1Day 159
Its 51 boards, across 159 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
51
Boards found on
17
First board
157
Latest board
18
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 17, 6 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 157, 24 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.

First found by a player on Day 17, 6 June 2026.

Built from these letters

OEUVRE
6
Letters
4
Vowels
2
Consonants
5
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
3
Longest vowel run

OEUVRE starts with O and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read EEORUV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.

Words that start OEUVRE

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

Could you have found OEUVRE?

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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