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OFFICER
Definition of OFFICER
noun
One who has a position of authority in a hierarchical organization, especially in military, police or government organizations.
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Where it comes from
From Middle English officer, from Anglo-Norman officer, officier, from Old French officer, Late Latin officiarius (“official”), from Latin officium (“office”) + -ārius (“-er”). By surface analysis, office + -er.
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.
OFFICER in OUTLIER
It has fitted 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 117, 14 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 118 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
OFFICER starts with O and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read CEFFIOR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. F appears more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start OFFICE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found OFFICER?
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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