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DUOPOLY
Definition of DUOPOLY
noun
An economic condition in which two sellers exert most control over the market of a commodity.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From duo- (prefix meaning ‘two’) + -poly (suffix meaning ‘pertaining to the number of sellers in a market’), by analogy with monopoly.
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.
DUOPOLY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 20 boards so far. 339 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 27, 16 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 109, 6 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 27, 16 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
DUOPOLY starts with D and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read DLOOPUY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once.
Words that start DUOPOL
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 27
Could you have found DUOPOLY?
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 27 - and most players walked straight past it.
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