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OTTER
Definition of OTTER
noun
An aquatic or marine carnivorous mammal in the subfamily Lutrinae. The flesh or fur of this animal
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Where it comes from
From Middle English oter, otir, otur, otyre, from Old English otor, from Proto-West Germanic *otr, from Proto-Germanic *utraz, from Proto-Indo-European *udrós (“aquatic, water-animal”), from Proto-Indo-European *wed- (“water”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian Otter, Dutch otter, German Otter, Swedish utter, Norwegian oter, Icelandic otur, Sanskrit उद्र (udrá), Russian вы́дра (výdra), and Ancient Greek ὕδρα (húdra, “water snake”). Doublet of Hydra and hydra. More etymology under English water.
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.
OTTER in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 106, 3 September 2026. The most recent board was Day 120, 17 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 106, 3 September 2026.
Built from these letters
OTTER starts with O and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read EORTT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. T appears more than once, including a double letter.
Same letters, different word
3 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start OTTER
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found OTTER?
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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