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CARYOPSIS
Definition of CARYOPSIS
noun
A type of fruit in which the fruit skin is stuck to the seed coat; especially the grain of a cereal.
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Where it comes from
From caryo- + -opsis.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
CARYOPSIS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 172, 8 November 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 172, 8 November 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
CARYOPSIS starts with C and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ACIOPRSSY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. S appears more than once.
Words that start CARYOP
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found CARYOPSIS?
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 172 - and most players walked straight past it.
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