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OLFACTORS

9 letters

Definition of OLFACTORS

noun

plural of olfactor

OLFACTOR

noun

A smelling organ; a nose or similar organ.

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Word DNA

How it is built

noun

Same root, OLFACTOR · 1 relative in the game

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.

OLFACTORS in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 1 board so far.

Day 1Day 170
Its one board, across 170 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
1
Boards found on
168
First board
2
Days since seen

It first turned up on Day 168, 4 November 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.

Built from these letters

OLFACTORS
9
Letters
3
Vowels
6
Consonants
8
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

OLFACTORS starts with O and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ACFLOORST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once.

Same letters, different word

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

Words that start OLFACT

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

Could you have found OLFACTORS?

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 168 - and most players walked straight past it.

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