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OYSTERS
Definition of OYSTERS
noun
plural of 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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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
OYSTERS 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
OYSTERS starts with O and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read EORSSTY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. S 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.
Words that start OYSTER
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found OYSTERS?
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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