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DERMATOGLYPHS
Definition of DERMATOGLYPHS
noun
plural of dermatoglyph
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Word DNA
DERMATOGLYPHS inherits its ancestry from its root, DERMATOGLYPH.
How it is built
Same root, DERMATOGLYPH · 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.
DERMATOGLYPHS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 157, 24 October 2026. The most recent board was Day 162, 29 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 5 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 157, 24 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
DERMATOGLYPHS starts with D and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ADEGHLMOPRSTY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start DERMATOGL
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found DERMATOGLYPHS?
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 157 - and most players walked straight past it.
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