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OVALS
Definition of OVALS
noun
plural of oval
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Word DNA
OVALS inherits its ancestry from its root, OVAL.
Line of descent
4 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
15th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
0.8%
of traced words share this origin (244)
branch · 22.3% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, OVAL · 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.
OVALS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 35, 24 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 108, 5 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 44 days.
First found by a player on Day 35, 24 June 2026.
Built from these letters
OVALS starts with O and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ALOSV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Also seen on Day 35
Could you have found OVALS?
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 35 - and most players walked straight past it.
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