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CYCAD
Definition of CYCAD
noun
Any plant of the division Cycadophyta, having a stout and woody trunk with a crown of large, hard and stiff, evergreen leaves.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From translingual Cycas (“genus of tropical trees”).
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.
CYCAD in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far. 26 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 90, 18 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 111, 8 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 90, 18 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
CYCAD starts with C and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read ACCDY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. C appears more than once.
Words that start CYCAD
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found CYCAD?
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 90 - and most players walked straight past it.
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