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ONEIRIC
Definition of ONEIRIC
adjective
Of or pertaining to dreams.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Other senses
ONEIRIC carries 3 further meanings.
adjective
Of, relating to, or suggestive of dreams.
adjective
Resembling a dream; dreamlike.
adjective
of or relating to or suggestive of dreams
Where it comes from
From oneir- + -ic, ultimately from Ancient Greek ὀνείρειος (oneíreios).
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
12.2%
of traced words share this origin (9,477)
branch · 12.2% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, ONEIRIC · 2 relatives in the game
ONEIRIC in a sentence
“Wieseltier often employs bafflingly obscurantist, elliptical, oneiric swirls of thought meant to wow his readers with his putative Kant-like gifts.”
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
ONEIRIC in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 63 boards so far. 163 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 20, 9 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 155, 22 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 20, 9 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
ONEIRIC starts with O and ends with C. Sorted, its letters read CEIINOR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once.
Words that start ONEIRI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 20
Could you have found ONEIRIC?
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 20 - and most players walked straight past it.
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