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DYSTOPIAN
Definition of DYSTOPIAN
adjective
Of or pertaining to a dystopia.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From dystopia + -an.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
DYSTOPIAN in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 69 boards so far. 263 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 9, 29 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 147, 14 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 9, 29 May 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
DYSTOPIAN starts with D and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read ADINOPSTY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start DYSTOP
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 9
Could you have found DYSTOPIAN?
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 9 - and most players walked straight past it.
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