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OILMEN
Definition of OILMEN
noun
plural of oilman
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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
OILMEN in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 58, 17 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 107, 4 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 13 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 58, 17 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
OILMEN starts with O and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read EILMNO - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
2 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Also seen on Day 58
Could you have found OILMEN?
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 58 - and most players walked straight past it.
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