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OLDEST

/ˈəʊldəst/6 letters

Definition of OLDEST

adjective

superlative form of old: most old

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Rarity score
Withheld
Revealed only in play
Tier
Withheld
Find it yourself

OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

OLDEST in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 2 boards so far.

Day 1Day 102
Its 2 boards, across 102 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
2
Boards found on
37
First board
47
Latest board
10
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 37, 26 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 47, 6 July 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 55 days.

First found by a player on Day 37, 26 June 2026.

Built from these letters

OLDEST
6
Letters
2
Vowels
4
Consonants
6
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

OLDEST starts with O and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read DELOST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.

Same letters, different word

One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.

Could you have found OLDEST?

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 37 - and most players walked straight past it.

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