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OORIAL
Definition of OORIAL
noun
Alternative form of urial.
noun
A bearded reddish sheep, subspecies of Ovis orientalis (including Ovis orientalis vignei), previously classified as Ovis vignei, being endemic to southern Asia and believed to be a wild ancestor of domestic sheep.
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Word DNA
OORIAL inherits its ancestry from its root, URIAL.
Line of descent
- Sanskrit
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
15th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
1%
of traced words share this origin (772)
branch · 1.5% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, URIAL · 3 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.
OORIAL in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 72, 31 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 115, 12 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 47 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 115, 12 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
OORIAL starts with O and ends with L. Sorted, its letters read AILOOR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once, including a double letter.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Could you have found OORIAL?
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 72 - and most players walked straight past it.
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