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OMPHALOS
Definition of OMPHALOS
noun
An ancient religious stone artifact, or baetylus, used to denote the direction of the "center" of the world.
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Other senses
OMPHALOS carries 4 further meanings.
noun
The navel.
noun
A central part; a focal point.
noun
Any of various stones revered as sacred in ancient Greek civilization, representing the center of the world.
noun
The navel or umbilicus.
Where it comes from
From Ancient Greek ὀμφαλός (omphalós, “navel”). Doublet of navel.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Ancient Greek
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
2nd
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
12.6%
of traced words share this origin (3,672)
branch · 12.6% 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.
OMPHALOS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 41 boards so far. 75 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 13, 2 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 144, 11 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.
First found by a player on Day 13, 2 June 2026.
Built from these letters
OMPHALOS starts with O and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AHLMOOPS - 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 13
Could you have found OMPHALOS?
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 13 - and most players walked straight past it.
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