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OSTOMATE
Definition of OSTOMATE
noun
A person who has had an ostomy, a surgical operation to create an opening in the body for the discharge of body wastes.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From ostomy + -ate (noun-forming suffix).
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.
OSTOMATE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 106, 3 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 5 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 106, 3 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
OSTOMATE starts with O and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read AEMOOSTT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O and T appear 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 OSTOMA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found OSTOMATE?
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 106 - and most players walked straight past it.
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