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OPTIMALS
Definition of OPTIMALS
noun
plural of optimal
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Word DNA
OPTIMALS inherits its ancestry from its root, OPTIMAL.
Line of descent
- Latin
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.6%
of traced words share this origin (25,330)
branch · 30.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, OPTIMAL · 3 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.
OPTIMALS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 156, 23 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 11 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 156, 23 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
OPTIMALS starts with O and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AILMOPST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start OPTIMA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found OPTIMALS?
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 156 - and most players walked straight past it.
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