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OSSIFY
Definition of OSSIFY
verb
To transform (or cause to transform) from a softer animal substance into bone; particularly the processes of growth in humans and animals.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Back-formation from ossification, or modeled on French ossifier and formed from Latin os, ossis (“bone”) + -ify.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.6%
of traced words share this origin (25,170)
branch · 30.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, OSSIFY · 2 relatives in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
OSSIFY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 5 boards so far. 47 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 76, 4 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 162, 29 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 4 days.
First found by a player on Day 76, 4 August 2026.
Built from these letters
OSSIFY starts with O and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read FIOSSY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. S appears more than once, including a double letter.
Could you have found OSSIFY?
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 76 - and most players walked straight past it.
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