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DRYOPITHECINE
Definition of DRYOPITHECINE
adjective
Of, or relating to, the primate subfamily †Dryopithecinae, considered to be relatives of both humans and apes.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Translingual Dryopithecinae.
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.
DRYOPITHECINE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 77, 5 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 100, 28 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 77, 5 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
DRYOPITHECINE starts with D and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read CDEEHIINOPRTY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I and E appear more than once.
Could you have found DRYOPITHECINE?
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 77 - and most players walked straight past it.
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