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OREAD
Definition of OREAD
noun
A mountain nymph; an anthropomorphic appearance of the spirit of a mountain.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Latin Orēas, Orēadis, from Ancient Greek Ὀρειάς (Oreiás), from ὄρος (óros, “mountain”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Ancient Greek
- Latin
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
3rd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
12.2%
of traced words share this origin (9,700)
branch · 12.2% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, OREAD · 2 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.
OREAD in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 25 boards so far. 24 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 24, 13 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 152, 19 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 9 days.
First found by a player on Day 24, 13 June 2026.
Built from these letters
OREAD starts with O and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read ADEOR - 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.
Also seen on Day 24
Could you have found OREAD?
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 24 - and most players walked straight past it.
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