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ORIENTS
Definition of ORIENTS
verb
third-person singular simple present indicative of orient
proper noun
Usually preceded by the: alternative letter-case form of Orient (“a region or a part of the world to the east of a certain place; countries of Asia, the East (especially East Asia)”)
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Word DNA
ORIENTS inherits its ancestry from its root, ORIENT.
Line of descent
5 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
3rd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
8.9%
of traced words share this origin (2,656)
How it is built
Same root, ORIENT · 2 relatives in the game
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.
ORIENTS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 6 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 12, 1 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 141, 8 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 11 days.
First found by a player on Day 12, 1 June 2026.
Built from these letters
ORIENTS starts with O and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read EINORST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
5 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start ORIENT
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 12
Could you have found ORIENTS?
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