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OUGUIYA
Definition of OUGUIYA
noun
The currency of Mauritania, divided into five khoums.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from French ouguiya, from Arabic أُوقِيَّة (ʔūqiyya), via Classical Syriac and Ancient Greek from Latin uncia (“ounce”). Doublet of ounce, inch, uncia, oka, and awqiyyah.
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.
OUGUIYA in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 10 boards so far. 10 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 37, 26 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 114, 11 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 5 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 37, 26 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
OUGUIYA starts with O and ends with A. Sorted, its letters read AGIOUUY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. U appears more than once.
Also seen on Day 37
Could you have found OUGUIYA?
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 37 - and most players walked straight past it.
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