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CYCLOIDS
Definition of CYCLOIDS
noun
plural 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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Word DNA
CYCLOIDS inherits its ancestry from its root, CYCLOID.
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.
CYCLOIDS 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
CYCLOIDS starts with C and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read CCDILOSY - 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 CYCLOIDS?
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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