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OPERA
Definition of OPERA
noun
A theatrical work, combining drama, music, song and sometimes dance; usually, one sung-through, based on classical music and seen as more artistic and formalized than other forms of musical theater.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Italian opera. Doublet of oeuvre, opus, and ure.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Italian
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
10th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
1.7%
of traced words share this origin (1,392)
branch · 12.8% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, OPERA · 4 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.
OPERA in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 22 boards so far. 26 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 26, 15 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 162, 29 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 6 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 26, 15 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
OPERA starts with O and ends with A. Sorted, its letters read AEOPR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
2 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start OPERA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 26
Could you have found OPERA?
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 26 - and most players walked straight past it.
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