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OMPHALOID
Definition of OMPHALOID
adjective
Shaped like a navel.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Perhaps after Byzantine Ancient Greek ὀμφαλοειδής (omphaloeidḗs). By surface analysis, omphal- + -oid.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Ancient Greek
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
3rd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
12.4%
of traced words share this origin (10,043)
branch · 12.4% of traced words
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
OMPHALOID in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 10 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 29, 18 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 162, 29 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 29, 18 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
OMPHALOID starts with O and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read ADHILMOOP - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once.
Words that start OMPHAL
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 29
Could you have found OMPHALOID?
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 29 - and most players walked straight past it.
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