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ORTS
Definition of ORTS
noun
plural of ort
ORT
symbol
ISO 639-3 language code for Adivasi Odia.
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Word DNA
ORTS inherits its ancestry from its root, ORT.
Line of descent
- Old English
- Middle English
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
7th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
3.7%
of traced words share this origin (2,849)
branch · 22.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, ORT · 1 relative in the game
Its etymology also names Middle Dutch, Middle Low German, Polish.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
ORTS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 41 boards so far. 35 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 24, 13 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 155, 22 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 24, 13 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
ORTS starts with O and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ORST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
4 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Also seen on Day 24
Could you have found ORTS?
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 24 - and most players walked straight past it.
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