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OSTEOID
Definition of OSTEOID
adjective
Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of bone; bonelike
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From osteo- + -oid.
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.
OSTEOID in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 11 boards so far. 11 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 17, 6 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 115, 12 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 4 days.
First found by a player on Day 17, 6 June 2026.
Built from these letters
OSTEOID starts with O and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read DEIOOST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once.
Words that start OSTEOI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 17
Could you have found OSTEOID?
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 17 - and most players walked straight past it.
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