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OFFAL
Definition of OFFAL
noun
The internal organs of an animal (entrails or innards), used as food.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English offal, offall, offalle (“offal, refuse, scrap waste”), equivalent to off- + fall. Cognate with Saterland Frisian Oufal (“offal”), West Frisian ôffal (“offal”), Dutch afval (“waste, refuse”), German Low German Offall (“offal”), German Abfall (“waste, refuse”), Danish affald (“waste, refuse”), Swedish avfall (“waste, refuse”), Old English offeallan (“to cut off”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Middle English
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
4th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
6.2%
of traced words share this origin (5,325)
branch · 22.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, OFFAL · 3 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Danish, Dutch, German, Old English, Swedish.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
OFFAL in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 5 boards so far. 134 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 117, 14 September 2026. The most recent board was Day 159, 26 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 19 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 117, 14 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
OFFAL starts with O and ends with L. Sorted, its letters read AFFLO - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. F appears more than once, including a double letter.
Could you have found OFFAL?
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 117 - and most players walked straight past it.
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