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OSCULATES
Definition of OSCULATES
verb
third-person singular simple present indicative of osculate
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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
OSCULATES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 124, 21 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 124, 21 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
OSCULATES starts with O and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ACELOSSTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. S appears more than once.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start OSCULA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found OSCULATES?
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 124 - and most players walked straight past it.
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