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HEXAPLOIDIES
Definition of HEXAPLOIDIES
Wiktionary has no entry for HEXAPLOIDIES itself. This is its base word, HEXAPLOIDY.
noun
The property of being hexaploid.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
The origin recorded for HEXAPLOIDY.
From hexaploid + -y.
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.
HEXAPLOIDIES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 91, 19 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 104, 1 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 5 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 91, 19 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
HEXAPLOIDIES starts with H and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ADEEHIILOPSX - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E and I appear more than once. It uses X - among the least common letters in written English.
Words that start HEXAPLOI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found HEXAPLOIDIES?
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 91 - and most players walked straight past it.
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