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ORIENTATOR
Definition of ORIENTATOR
noun
An instrument for orientating.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From orientate + -or.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
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.
ORIENTATOR in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 3, 24 May 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 139 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 3, 24 May 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
ORIENTATOR starts with O and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read AEINOORRTT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O, R and T appear more than once.
Words that start ORIENT
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 3
Could you have found ORIENTATOR?
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 3 - and most players walked straight past it.
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