Rarest #8 answer
Saturday, 17 October 2026
The prompt: A word of 7+ letters starting with O and ending in R
Any real word that fits, three letters or more.
The obvious answers
OPERATORORIGINATOR
These are the answers most people reach for first, so they score the least.
Rare answers that would have scored well
OSCILLATOROCEANOGRAPHERORNERIEROVEREAGEROUTWEAROUTERWEAR
We knew 95 valid answers for this prompt. In Rarest an answer is worth more the fewer other players gave it, so a correct but unusual answer beats a common one.
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