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OPUS
Definition of OPUS
noun
A work of music or set of works with a specified rank in an ordering of a composer's complete published works.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Latin opus.
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.
OPUS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 31 boards so far. 43 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 18, 7 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 109, 6 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First found by a player on Day 18, 7 June 2026.
Built from these letters
OPUS starts with O and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read OPSU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
2 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start OPUS
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 18
Could you have found OPUS?
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 18 - and most players walked straight past it.
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