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OPINES
Definition of OPINES
verb
third-person singular simple present indicative of opine
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Word DNA
OPINES inherits its ancestry from its root, OPINE.
Line of descent
- Latin
- Middle French
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
33%
of traced words share this origin (9,764)
branch · 33% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, OPINE · 2 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.
OPINES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 46 boards so far. 68 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 22, 11 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 151, 18 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 22, 11 June 2026.
Built from these letters
OPINES starts with O and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read EINOPS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Also seen on Day 22
Could you have found OPINES?
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 22 - and most players walked straight past it.
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