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ORGANISM
Definition of ORGANISM
noun
A discrete and complete living thing, such as animal, plant, fungus or microorganism.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
First attested in 1701; from organ + -ism, from Ancient Greek ὄργανον (órganon, “a tool, instrument”), from Proto-Indo-European *werǵ- (“work”). Compare New Latin organismus. chimpanzee
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
3rd
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
9%
of traced words share this origin (2,585)
How it is built
Same root, ORGANISM · 1 relative in the game
Its etymology also names Latin.
Every Proto-Indo-European word → · The Word DNA of OUTLIER →
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
ORGANISM in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 47 boards so far. 93 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 12, 1 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 143, 10 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 22, 11 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
ORGANISM starts with O and ends with M. Sorted, its letters read AGIMNORS - 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.
Words that start ORGANI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 12
Could you have found ORGANISM?
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 12 - and most players walked straight past it.
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