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OLMS
Definition of OLMS
noun
plural of olm
OLM
symbol
ISO 639-3 language code for Oloma.
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Word DNA
OLMS inherits its ancestry from its root, OLM.
Line of descent
- German
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
8th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
3.3%
of traced words share this origin (2,743)
branch · 22.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, OLM · 1 relative in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
OLMS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 25 boards so far. 25 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 25, 14 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 166, 2 November 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 25, 14 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
OLMS starts with O and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read LMOS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
2 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Also seen on Day 25
Could you have found OLMS?
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 25 - and most players walked straight past it.
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