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ORBIT
Definition of ORBIT
noun
The curved path of one object around a point or another body. An elliptical movement of an object about a celestial object or Lagrange point, especially a periodic elliptical revolution.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Inherited from Middle English orbite, orbita, from Latin orbita (“course, track, impression, mark”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Latin
- Middle English
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
33.1%
of traced words share this origin (10,004)
branch · 33.1% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, ORBIT · 4 relatives in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
ORBIT in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 28 boards so far. 75 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 41, 30 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 147, 14 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 7 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 48, 7 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
ORBIT starts with O and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read BIORT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start ORBIT
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 41
Could you have found ORBIT?
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 41 - and most players walked straight past it.
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