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OSTEOMALACIA
Definition of OSTEOMALACIA
noun
A softening of adult bones due to inadequate mineralization; the adult equivalent of rickets.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From osteo- + malacia.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
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.
OSTEOMALACIA in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 148, 15 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 7 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 148, 15 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
OSTEOMALACIA starts with O and ends with A. Sorted, its letters read AAACEILMOOST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O and A appear more than once.
Words that start OSTEOMAL
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found OSTEOMALACIA?
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 148 - and most players walked straight past it.
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