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OPIOID
Definition of OPIOID
noun
A substance that has effects similar to opium: Any of the natural substances, such as an endorphin, released in the body in response to pain; an endogenous opioid. Any of a group of synthetic compounds that exhibit similarities to the opium alkaloids that occur in nature.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Attested 1963; from opium + -oid, to distinguish from opiate.
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.
OPIOID in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 13 boards so far. 15 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 29, 18 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 100, 28 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First found by a player on Day 36, 25 June 2026.
Built from these letters
OPIOID starts with O and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read DIIOOP - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O and I appear more than once.
Also seen on Day 29
Could you have found OPIOID?
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 29 - and most players walked straight past it.
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