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OSETRA
Definition of OSETRA
noun
Caviar made from the Russian sturgeon.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Russian осетра́ (osetrá, “of sturgeon”, genitive of осётр (osjótr, “surgeon”)), from the phrase икра́ осетра́ (ikrá osetrá, “caviar of sturgeon”)
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.
OSETRA in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 4 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 28, 17 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 100, 28 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 28, 17 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
OSETRA starts with O and ends with A. Sorted, its letters read AEORST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
3 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start OSETRA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 28
Could you have found OSETRA?
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 28 - and most players walked straight past it.
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