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OGRE
Definition of OGRE
noun
A large, grotesque, brutish humanoid monster, typically marked by great strength and a propensity to kill or devour humans.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
First attested in the 18th century, borrowed from French ogre, from Latin Orcus (“god of the underworld”), from Ancient Greek Ὅρκος (Hórkos), the personified demon of oaths (ὅρκος (hórkos, “oath”)) who inflicts punishment upon oath-breakers. Doublet of orc and Orcus.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Ancient Greek
- Latin
- French
- English
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
3rd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
12.2%
of traced words share this origin (9,700)
branch · 12.2% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, OGRE · 7 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.
OGRE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 42 boards so far. 88 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 13, 2 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 161, 28 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 13, 2 June 2026.
Built from these letters
OGRE starts with O and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read EGOR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
4 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start OGRE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found OGRE?
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 13 - and most players walked straight past it.
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