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ORTHOPTICS
Definition of ORTHOPTICS
noun
The study and treatment of muscular irregularities of the eye.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From ortho- + optics.
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.
ORTHOPTICS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 106, 3 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 14 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 106, 3 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
ORTHOPTICS starts with O and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read CHIOOPRSTT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O and T appear more than once.
Words that start ORTHOP
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found ORTHOPTICS?
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 106 - and most players walked straight past it.
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