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BOTRYOIDAL
Definition of BOTRYOIDAL
adjective
Having the form of a bunch of grapes.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
By surface analysis, botry- + -o- + -id + -al.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
BOTRYOIDAL in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 10 boards so far. 10 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 26, 15 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 109, 6 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 26, 15 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
BOTRYOIDAL starts with B and ends with L. Sorted, its letters read ABDILOORTY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once.
Could you have found BOTRYOIDAL?
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 26 - and most players walked straight past it.
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