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ORIGINAL
Definition of ORIGINAL
adjective
Relating to the origin or beginning; preceding all others.
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Where it comes from
From Middle English original, from Old French original, from Late Latin orīginālis (“primitive, original”), from Latin orīgō (“beginning, source, origin”), equivalent to origin + -al; see origin.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
ORIGINAL in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 18 boards so far. 24 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 8, 29 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 96, 24 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 8, 29 May 2026.
Built from these letters
ORIGINAL starts with O and ends with L. Sorted, its letters read AGIILNOR - 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.
Could you have found ORIGINAL?
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 8 - and most players walked straight past it.
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