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OMPHALI
Definition of OMPHALI
noun
plural of omphalus
OMPHALOS · via omphalus
noun
An ancient religious stone artifact, or baetylus, used to denote the direction of the "center" of the world.
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Word DNA
OMPHALI inherits its ancestry from its root, OMPHALOS.
Line of descent
- Ancient Greek
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
3rd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
12.2%
of traced words share this origin (9,477)
branch · 12.2% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, OMPHALOS · 2 relatives 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.
OMPHALI in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 8 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 40, 29 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 144, 11 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 12 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 40, 29 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
OMPHALI starts with O and ends with I. Sorted, its letters read AHILMOP - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start OMPHAL
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 40
Could you have found OMPHALI?
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 40 - and most players walked straight past it.
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