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ORLES
Definition of ORLES
noun
plural of orle
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Word DNA
ORLES inherits its ancestry from its root, ORLE.
Line of descent
- Latin
- Old French
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
33.1%
of traced words share this origin (9,643)
branch · 33.1% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, ORLE · 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.
ORLES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 7 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 53, 12 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 124, 21 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 22 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 53, 12 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Also on
Built from these letters
ORLES starts with O and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ELORS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
6 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Also seen on Day 53
Could you have found ORLES?
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 53 - and most players walked straight past it.
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