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OFFSET
Definition of OFFSET
noun
Anything that acts as counterbalance; a compensating equivalent.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From off- + set, used to construct the noun form of the verb to set off. Compare Middle English ofsetten (“to encumber, harass, beset, besiege”), from Old English ofsettan (“to press, oppress, overwhelm, crush”).
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.
OFFSET in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 118, 15 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.
First found by a player on Day 118, 15 September 2026.
Built from these letters
OFFSET starts with O and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read EFFOST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. F appears more than once, including a double letter.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start OFFSET
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found OFFSET?
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 118 - and most players walked straight past it.
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