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OMICRONS
Definition of OMICRONS
noun
plural of omicron
noun
The 15th letter of the Classical and Modern Greek alphabets (16th in Ancient and Old Greek), used in ordering lists as in naming the 15th star of a constellation or the 15th discovered major variant of a disease.
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Word DNA
OMICRONS inherits its ancestry from its root, OMICRON.
Line of descent
- Latin
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.7%
of traced words share this origin (23,914)
branch · 30.7% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, OMICRON · 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.
OMICRONS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 14 boards so far. 16 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 41, 30 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 148, 15 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 7 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 41, 30 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
OMICRONS starts with O and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read CIMNOORS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once.
Also seen on Day 41
Could you have found OMICRONS?
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 41 - and most players walked straight past it.
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