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GLOCHIDIUM
Definition of GLOCHIDIUM
noun
The larva or young of the mussel.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Ancient Greek γλωχίς (glōkhís, “barb of an arrow”) + -idium.
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.
GLOCHIDIUM in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 69, 28 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 72, 31 July 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 30 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 69, 28 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
GLOCHIDIUM starts with G and ends with M. Sorted, its letters read CDGHIILMOU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once.
Words that start GLOCHI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found GLOCHIDIUM?
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 69 - and most players walked straight past it.
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