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CARDIOIDS
Definition of CARDIOIDS
noun
plural of cardioid
noun
An epicycloid with exactly one cusp; the plane curve with polar equation ρ=1+cosθ - approximately heart-shaped
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Word DNA
CARDIOIDS inherits its ancestry from its root, CARDIOID.
How it is built
Same root, CARDIOID · 1 relative in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
CARDIOIDS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 134, 1 October 2026. The most recent board was Day 141, 8 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 8 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 134, 1 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
CARDIOIDS starts with C and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ACDDIIORS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. D and I appear more than once.
Words that start CARDIO
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found CARDIOIDS?
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 134 - and most players walked straight past it.
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