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CYCLOID
Definition of CYCLOID
noun
The locus of a point on the circumference of a circle that rolls without slipping on a fixed straight line.
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Where it comes from
From cyclo- + -oid.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, CYCLOID · 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.
CYCLOID in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 131, 28 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 131, 28 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
CYCLOID starts with C and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read CCDILOY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. C appears more than once.
Words that start CYCLOI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found CYCLOID?
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 131 - and most players walked straight past it.
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