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ORACLE

/ˈɔɹəkəl/6 letters

Definition of ORACLE

noun

A shrine dedicated to some prophetic deity.

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

From Middle English oracle, from Old French oracle m, from Latin ōrāculum n.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

Rarity score
Withheld
Revealed only in play
Tier
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Find it yourself

OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

ORACLE in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 33 boards so far. 43 players have found it across Outlier's history.

Day 1Day 97
Its 33 boards, across 97 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
33
Boards found on
7
First board
97
Latest board
14
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 7, 28 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 97, 25 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.

First ever to find it

cavamurph

on Day 7, 28 May 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

ORACLE
6
Letters
3
Vowels
3
Consonants
6
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

ORACLE starts with O and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read ACELOR - 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 ORACLE

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

Could you have found ORACLE?

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 7 - and most players walked straight past it.

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