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OLIGOCHAETE

/ˌɒlɪɡəˈkiːt/11 letters

Definition of OLIGOCHAETE

noun

Any of various hermaphroditic aquatic and terrestrial annelid worms, of the subclass Oligochaeta, that have single bristles along the body.

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Rarity score
Withheld
Revealed only in play
Tier
Withheld
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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.

OLIGOCHAETE in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 4 boards so far.

Day 1Day 119
Its 4 boards, across 119 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
4
Boards found on
62
First board
119
Latest board
27
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 62, 21 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 119, 16 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.

First ever to find it

murmuration

on Day 62, 21 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

OLIGOCHAETE
11
Letters
6
Vowels
5
Consonants
9
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
2
Longest vowel run

OLIGOCHAETE starts with O and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read ACEEGHILOOT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O and E appear more than once.

Words that start OLIGOCH

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

OLIGOCHROMEOLIGOCHAETES

Could you have found OLIGOCHAETE?

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 62 - and most players walked straight past it.

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