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OPIUM
Definition of OPIUM
noun
A yellow-brown, addictive narcotic drug obtained from the dried juice of unripe pods of the opium poppy, Papaver somniferum, and containing alkaloids such as morphine, codeine, and papaverine.
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Where it comes from
Borrowed from Latin opium and Ancient Greek ὄπιον (ópion), from ὀπός (opós, “juice of a plant”), from Proto-Indo-European *sokʷós (“juice, resin”).
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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.
OPIUM in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 29 boards so far. 51 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 5, 26 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 108, 5 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First found by a player on Day 5, 26 May 2026.
Built from these letters
OPIUM starts with O and ends with M. Sorted, its letters read IMOPU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start OPIUM
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 5
Could you have found OPIUM?
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 5 - and most players walked straight past it.
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