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OPUSCULE
Definition of OPUSCULE
noun
A small or petty work.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Middle French opuscule, from Latin opusculum, diminutive of opus. Compare opuscle, opusculum. Equivalent to opus + -cule.
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.
OPUSCULE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 72, 31 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 97, 25 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 5 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 97, 25 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
OPUSCULE starts with O and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read CELOPSUU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. U appears more than once.
Words that start OPUSCU
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found OPUSCULE?
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 72 - and most players walked straight past it.
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