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OROGENY
Definition of OROGENY
noun
The process of mountain building by the upward folding of the Earth's crust.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From French orogénie, from Ancient Greek ὄρος (óros, “mountain, high ground”) + γενεια (geneia, “creation, birth, making”). By surface analysis, oro- + -geny.
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.
OROGENY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 19 boards so far. 36 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 38, 27 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 109, 6 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 38, 27 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
OROGENY starts with O and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read EGNOORY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once.
Words that start OROGEN
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 38
Could you have found OROGENY?
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 38 - and most players walked straight past it.
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