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OPENS
Definition of OPENS
noun
plural of open
adjective
Physically unobstructed, uncovered, etc. Able to have something pass through or along it.
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Word DNA
OPENS inherits its ancestry from its root, OPEN.
Line of descent
4 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
2nd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
14.3%
of traced words share this origin (11,259)
How it is built
Same root, OPEN · 8 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Danish, Dutch, Icelandic, Latin, Norwegian, Swedish.
Every Proto-Indo-European word → · The Word DNA of OUTLIER →
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
OPENS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 72, 31 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 151, 18 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 7 days.
First found by a player on Day 72, 31 July 2026.
Built from these letters
OPENS starts with O and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ENOPS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
3 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start OPENS
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found OPENS?
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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