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OTALGIA
Definition of OTALGIA
noun
earache
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Latin ōtalgia, from Ancient Greek ὠταλγία (ōtalgía).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Ancient Greek
- Latin
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
2nd
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
12.6%
of traced words share this origin (3,660)
branch · 12.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, OTALGIA · 1 relative 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.
OTALGIA in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 20 boards so far. 21 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 28, 17 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 138, 5 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 7 days.
First found by a player on Day 28, 17 June 2026.
Built from these letters
OTALGIA starts with O and ends with A. Sorted, its letters read AAGILOT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Words that start OTALGI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 28
Could you have found OTALGIA?
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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