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OLECRANONS

10 letters

Definition of OLECRANONS

noun

plural of olecranon

OLECRANON

noun

The bony process at the top of the ulna forming the point of the elbow.

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Word DNA

OLECRANONS inherits its ancestry from its root, OLECRANON.

Line of descent

  1. Ancient Greek
  2. English

One recorded step before English.

Ancient Greek

Deepest traced root

3rd

of 59 source languages in OUTLIER

12.4%

of traced words share this origin (10,375)

Hellenic

branch · 12.4% of traced words

How it is built

noun

Same root, OLECRANON · 2 relatives in the game

Every Ancient Greek word → · The Word DNA of OUTLIER →

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.

OLECRANONS in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 1 board so far.

Day 1Day 171
Its one board, across 171 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
1
Boards found on
159
First board
12
Days since seen

It first turned up on Day 159, 26 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 12 days.

First ever to find it

kimariyan

on Day 159, 26 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

OLECRANONS
10
Letters
4
Vowels
6
Consonants
8
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

OLECRANONS starts with O and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ACELNNOORS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O and N appear more than once.

Words that start OLECRA

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

Could you have found OLECRANONS?

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 159 - and most players walked straight past it.

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