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OOSPHERES
Definition of OOSPHERES
noun
plural of oosphere
noun
A large nonmotile egg cell, especially of an alga or fungus, formed in an oogonium and ready for fertilization.
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Word DNA
OOSPHERES inherits its ancestry from its root, OOSPHERE.
Line of descent
- French
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
5th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
7%
of traced words share this origin (1,806)
branch · 15.1% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, OOSPHERE · 1 relative in the game
Its etymology also names Latin.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
OOSPHERES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 118, 15 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 12 days.
First found by a player on Day 118, 15 September 2026.
Built from these letters
OOSPHERES starts with O and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read EEHOOPRSS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O, S and E appear more than once, including a double letter.
Could you have found OOSPHERES?
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 118 - and most players walked straight past it.
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