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ORTANIQUE
Definition of ORTANIQUE
noun
A cross between an orange and a tangerine.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From orange, tangerine, and unique.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, ORTANIQUE · 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.
ORTANIQUE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 89, 17 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 126, 23 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 21 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 89, 17 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
ORTANIQUE starts with O and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read AEINOQRTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram. It uses Q - among the least common letters in written English.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Could you have found ORTANIQUE?
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 89 - and most players walked straight past it.
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