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OPHIUROID
Definition of OPHIUROID
noun
An echinoderm of the class Ophiuroidea; the brittlestar.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From class name Ophiuroidea.
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.
OPHIUROID in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 5 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 72, 31 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 100, 28 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 87, 15 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
OPHIUROID starts with O and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read DHIIOOPRU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O and I appear more than once.
Words that start OPHIUR
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found OPHIUROID?
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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