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OVIPARY
Definition of OVIPARY
noun
The laying of eggs by an animal.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Late Latin ōviparus + -y.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Latin
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
33.1%
of traced words share this origin (9,643)
branch · 33.1% of traced words
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
OVIPARY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 143, 10 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 4 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 143, 10 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
OVIPARY starts with O and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read AIOPRVY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start OVIPAR
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found OVIPARY?
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 143 - and most players walked straight past it.
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