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ORIGIN
Definition of ORIGIN
noun
The beginning of something.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English origine, origyne, from Old French origine, orine, ourine, from Latin orīgō (“beginning, source, birth, origin”), from orior (“to rise”); see orient. Doublet of origo.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
33.1%
of traced words share this origin (9,595)
branch · 33.1% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, ORIGIN · 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.
ORIGIN in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 6 boards so far. 19 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 32, 21 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 124, 21 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 20 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 32, 21 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
ORIGIN starts with O and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read GIINOR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once.
Words that start ORIGIN
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 32
Could you have found ORIGIN?
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 32 - and most players walked straight past it.
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