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OPINICUS
Definition of OPINICUS
noun
A heraldic imaginary creature with an eagle's head, a short tail, and sometimes wings.
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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
OPINICUS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 4 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 72, 31 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 112, 9 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 7 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 80, 8 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
OPINICUS starts with O and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read CIINOPSU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once.
Words that start OPINIC
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found OPINICUS?
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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