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OYSTERINGS
Definition of OYSTERINGS
Wiktionary has no entry for OYSTERINGS itself. This is its base word, OYSTER.
noun
Any of certain marine bivalve mollusks, especially those of the family Ostreidae (the true oysters), usually found adhering to rocks or other fixed objects in shallow water along the seacoasts, or in brackish water in the mouth of rivers.
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Where it comes from
The origin recorded for OYSTER.
From Middle English oystre, from Old English ostre, reinforced or superseded by Anglo-Norman oistre, which is from Old French oistre, uistre (compare modern French huître); both lines (Old English and Old French) from Latin ostrea, from Ancient Greek ὄστρεον (óstreon). Doublet of ostro (“a purple dye”).
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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
OYSTERINGS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 124, 21 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 124, 21 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
OYSTERINGS starts with O and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read EGINORSSTY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. S appears more than once.
Words that start OYSTER
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found OYSTERINGS?
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 124 - and most players walked straight past it.
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