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DYADS

5 letters

Definition of DYADS

noun

plural of dyad

DYAD

noun

A set of two elements treated as one; a pair.

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Word DNA

DYADS inherits its ancestry from its root, DYAD.

Line of descent

  1. Proto-Indo-European
  2. Ancient Greek
  3. English

2 recorded generations before English.

Proto-Indo-European

Deepest traced root

2nd

of 59 source languages in OUTLIER

14.2%

of traced words share this origin (11,506)

How it is built

noun

Same root, DYAD · 6 relatives in the game

Every Proto-Indo-European word → · The Word DNA of OUTLIER →

Rarity score
Withheld
Revealed only in play
Tier
Withheld
Find it yourself

OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

DYADS in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 5 boards so far. 28 players have found it across Outlier's history.

Day 1Day 162
Its 5 boards, across 162 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
5
Boards found on
90
First board
152
Latest board
41
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 90, 18 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 152, 19 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 10 days.

First ever to find it

cerridwen520PATRON

on Day 90, 18 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

DYADS
5
Letters
1
Vowels
4
Consonants
4
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

DYADS starts with D and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ADDSY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. D appears more than once.

Could you have found DYADS?

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 90 - and most players walked straight past it.

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