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ORICHALCS
Definition of ORICHALCS
Wiktionary has no entry for ORICHALCS itself. This is its base word, ORICHALC.
noun
Alternative form of orichalcum.
ORICHALCUM
noun
A valuable yellow metal known to the Ancient Greeks and Romans; now sometimes interpreted as referring to a natural alloy of gold and copper, and sometimes treated as a mythical substance.
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Where it comes from
The origin recorded for ORICHALC.
Compare French orichalque.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- French
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
5th
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
7.2%
of traced words share this origin (2,034)
branch · 15.5% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, ORICHALC · 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.
ORICHALCS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 139, 6 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 139, 6 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
ORICHALCS starts with O and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ACCHILORS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. C appears more than once.
Could you have found ORICHALCS?
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 139 - and most players walked straight past it.
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