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ONDATRA
Definition of ONDATRA
noun
The muskrat.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Huron / Wyandot ondatra or ondathra, attested in Gabriel Sagard's 1632 French Dictionnaire de la langue huronne and found in the Huron dialects of the Hochelaga region of Canada.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
ONDATRA in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 97, 25 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 98, 26 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 4 days.
First found by a player on Day 97, 25 August 2026.
Built from these letters
ONDATRA starts with O and ends with A. Sorted, its letters read AADNORT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Could you have found ONDATRA?
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 97 - and most players walked straight past it.
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