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OINTMENT
Definition of OINTMENT
noun
A viscous preparation of oils and/or fats, usually containing medication, used as a treatment or as an emollient.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
A later form (as if oint + -ment) of Middle English oinement, borrowed from Old French oignement (“an anointing”), from oigner, oindre, ongier (“to anoint”), from Latin ung(u)ō (“I anoint”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃engʷ- (“to smear, anoint”). Partly displaced native Old English sealf, whence modern salve. Displaced native Old English smireness (“ointment, oil”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
5 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
7th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
3.7%
of traced words share this origin (3,066)
branch · 22.6% of traced words
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
OINTMENT in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 166, 2 November 2026. The most recent board was Day 167, 3 November 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 166, 2 November 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
OINTMENT starts with O and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read EIMNNOTT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. N and T appear more than once.
Words that start OINTME
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found OINTMENT?
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 166 - and most players walked straight past it.
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