The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
OSCULA
Definition of OSCULA
noun
plural of osculum
noun
A small opening or orifice. One of the suckers on the head of a tapeworm. The main opening in a sponge from which water is expelled.
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Word DNA
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
OSCULA in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 7 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 72, 31 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 131, 28 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 15 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 100, 28 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Also on
Built from these letters
OSCULA starts with O and ends with A. Sorted, its letters read ACLOSU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start OSCULA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found OSCULA?
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 72 - and most players walked straight past it.
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