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OUDS
Definition of OUDS
noun
plural of oud
OUD
noun
A short-necked and fretless plucked stringed instrument of the lute family, of Arab and Turkish origin.
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Word DNA
OUDS inherits its ancestry from its root, OUD.
Line of descent
- Arabic
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
11th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
1.4%
of traced words share this origin (1,070)
branch · 2.1% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, OUD · 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.
OUDS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 68 boards so far. 143 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 17, 6 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 157, 24 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 17, 6 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
OUDS starts with O and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read DOSU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
2 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Also seen on Day 17
Could you have found OUDS?
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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