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OVOIDAL
Definition of OVOIDAL
adjective
somewhat ovoid
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Another sense
OVOIDAL carries a second meaning.
Same as ovoid.
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, OVOIDAL · 1 relative in the game
OVOIDAL in a sentence
“It had large, owlish eyes; ears that were capable of facing backward or forward; a wide, toothless mouth that seemed to split its flattened, ovoidal skull almost in half; and a small, constantly wiggling proboscis.”
Lost And Found, 2004
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
OVOIDAL in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 37 boards so far. 70 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 41, 30 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 149, 16 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 8 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 41, 30 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
OVOIDAL starts with O and ends with L. Sorted, its letters read ADILOOV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once.
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 41
Could you have found OVOIDAL?
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 41 - and most players walked straight past it.
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