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ORCHESIS
Definition of ORCHESIS
noun
The act and/or art of dancing.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Ancient Greek ὄρχησις (órkhēsis, “dance”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Ancient Greek
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
3rd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
12.4%
of traced words share this origin (10,640)
branch · 12.4% of traced words
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
ORCHESIS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 153, 20 October 2026. The most recent board was Day 162, 29 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 14 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 153, 20 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
ORCHESIS starts with O and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read CEHIORSS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. S appears more than once.
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 ORCHES
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found ORCHESIS?
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 153 - and most players walked straight past it.
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