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ORLOPS
Definition of ORLOPS
noun
plural of orlop
noun
The platform over the hold of a ship that makes up the fourth or lowest deck, hence in full called orlop deck, especially of a warship.
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Word DNA
ORLOPS inherits its ancestry from its root, ORLOP.
Line of descent
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
21st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
0.4%
of traced words share this origin (353)
branch · 22.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, ORLOP · 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.
ORLOPS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 13 boards so far. 11 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 37, 26 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 158, 25 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 4 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 37, 26 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
ORLOPS starts with O and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read LOOPRS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once.
Also seen on Day 37
Could you have found ORLOPS?
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 37 - and most players walked straight past it.
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