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OMNICIDES
Definition of OMNICIDES
noun
plural of omnicide
noun
The total extinction of the human species as a result of human action, most commonly through nuclear warfare, but also through other means such as global anthropogenic ecological catastrophe.
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Word DNA
OMNICIDES inherits its ancestry from its root, OMNICIDE.
How it is built
Same root, OMNICIDE · 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.
OMNICIDES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 147, 14 October 2026. The most recent board was Day 155, 22 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 18 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 147, 14 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
OMNICIDES starts with O and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read CDEIIMNOS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once.
Same letters, different word
2 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Could you have found OMNICIDES?
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 147 - and most players walked straight past it.
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