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OLIO

/ˈəʊliəʊ/4 letters

Definition of OLIO

noun

A rich, thick, Spanish stew consisting of meat and vegetables.

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

From Spanish olla or Portuguese olha, both from Latin olla (“pot, jar”).

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

Rarity score
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Revealed only in play
Tier
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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.

OLIO in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 21 boards so far. 31 players have found it across Outlier's history.

Day 1Day 102
Its 21 boards, across 102 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
21
Boards found on
26
First board
100
Latest board
11
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 26, 15 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 100, 28 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.

First ever to find it

pinkpeppercorn

on Day 26, 15 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

OLIO
4
Letters
3
Vowels
1
Consonants
3
Different letters
1
Longest consonant run
2
Longest vowel run

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

Words that start OLIO

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

Could you have found OLIO?

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 26 - and most players walked straight past it.

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