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OPTIONEE
Definition of OPTIONEE
noun
The purchaser of a financial option.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From option + -ee.
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.
OPTIONEE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 96, 24 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 13 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 96, 24 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
OPTIONEE starts with O and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read EEINOOPT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O and E appear more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start OPTION
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found OPTIONEE?
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 96 - and most players walked straight past it.
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