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LYCOPODIUMS
Definition of LYCOPODIUMS
noun
plural of lycopodium
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Word DNA
LYCOPODIUMS inherits its ancestry from its root, LYCOPODIUM.
Line of descent
- Ancient Greek
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
3rd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
12.4%
of traced words share this origin (10,043)
branch · 12.4% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, LYCOPODIUM · 1 relative in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
LYCOPODIUMS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 7 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 72, 31 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 162, 29 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 106, 3 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Also on
Built from these letters
LYCOPODIUMS starts with L and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read CDILMOOPSUY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once.
Words that start LYCOPOD
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found LYCOPODIUMS?
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 72 - and most players walked straight past it.
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