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DIAPAUSE
Definition of DIAPAUSE
noun
A temporary pause in the growth and development of an organism due to adverse environmental conditions (especially in insects and in the embryos of many of the oviparous species of fish in the order Cyprinodontiformes)
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Ancient Greek διάπαυσις (diápausis, “pause, cessation”). By surface analysis, dia- + -pause.
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.
DIAPAUSE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 10 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 52, 11 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 121, 18 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 53, 12 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
DIAPAUSE starts with D and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read AADEIPSU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Words that start DIAPAU
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 52
Could you have found DIAPAUSE?
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 52 - and most players walked straight past it.
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