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ORPHREYS
Definition of ORPHREYS
noun
plural of orphrey
noun
Any elaborate embroidery, especially when made of gold thread; an object (such as clothing or fabric) adorned with such embroidery.
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Word DNA
ORPHREYS inherits its ancestry from its root, ORPHREY.
Line of descent
4 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.6%
of traced words share this origin (25,330)
branch · 30.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, ORPHREY · 1 relative in the game
Its etymology also names Old Occitan, Spanish.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
ORPHREYS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 140, 7 October 2026. The most recent board was Day 155, 22 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 12 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 140, 7 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
ORPHREYS starts with O and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read EHOPRRSY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. R appears more than once.
Could you have found ORPHREYS?
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 140 - and most players walked straight past it.
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