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DYKON
Definition of DYKON
noun
A celebrity, especially a woman (often a lesbian), who is much admired by lesbians.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Blend of dyke + icon.
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.
DYKON in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 98, 26 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 4 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 98, 26 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
DYKON starts with D and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read DKNOY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Could you have found DYKON?
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 98 - and most players walked straight past it.
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