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CARPOLOGY
Definition of CARPOLOGY
noun
the study of the structure of seeds and fruit
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From carpo- + -logy.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, CARPOLOGY · 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.
CARPOLOGY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 8 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 36, 25 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 128, 25 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 40 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 36, 25 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
CARPOLOGY starts with C and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read ACGLOOPRY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once.
Words that start CARPOL
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 36
Could you have found CARPOLOGY?
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 36 - and most players walked straight past it.
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