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ORBITA
Definition of ORBITA
noun
Obsolete form 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
Borrowed from Latin orbita (“a circuit, orbit”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Latin
- English
One recorded step 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, ORBITA · 1 relative 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.
ORBITA in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 48, 7 July 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 105 days.
First found by a player on Day 48, 7 July 2026.
Built from these letters
ORBITA starts with O and ends with A. Sorted, its letters read ABIORT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start ORBITA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 48
Could you have found ORBITA?
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 48 - and most players walked straight past it.
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