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OPALESCE
Definition of OPALESCE
verb
To be opalescent; to produce or show a play of colors, like an opal.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From opal + -esce.
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.
OPALESCE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 14 boards so far. 21 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 35, 24 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 98, 26 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 35, 24 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
OPALESCE starts with O and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read ACEELOPS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start OPALES
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 35
Could you have found OPALESCE?
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 35 - and most players walked straight past it.
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