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ORAL

/ˈɔː.ɹəl/4 letters

Definition of ORAL

adjective

Relating to the mouth.

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

Early 17th century borrowing from Late Latin ōrālis, from ōs (“the mouth”) + -ālis (“-al”, adjectival suffix).

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

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

ORAL in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 7 boards so far.

Day 1Day 123
Its 7 boards, across 123 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
7
Boards found on
34
First board
122
Latest board
28
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 34, 23 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 122, 19 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.

First ever to find it

shopper

on Day 34, 23 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Also on

Built from these letters

ORAL
4
Letters
2
Vowels
2
Consonants
4
Different letters
1
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

ORAL starts with O and ends with L. Sorted, its letters read ALOR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.

Words that start ORAL

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

Could you have found ORAL?

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 34 - and most players walked straight past it.

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