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ORPHANAGE
Definition of ORPHANAGE
noun
A residential institution for the care and protection of orphans.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Attested since the 1570s; orphan + -age.
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.
ORPHANAGE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 8 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 35, 24 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 98, 26 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 4 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 44, 3 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
ORPHANAGE starts with O and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read AAEGHNOPR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Words that start ORPHAN
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found ORPHANAGE?
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 35 - and most players walked straight past it.
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