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PACHYDERMIA
Definition of PACHYDERMIA
noun
Elephantiasis.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From pachy- (“thick”) + -derm (“skin”) + -ia.
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.
PACHYDERMIA in OUTLIER
It has fitted 30 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 5, 26 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 58, 17 July 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 37 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 43, 2 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
PACHYDERMIA starts with P and ends with A. Sorted, its letters read AACDEHIMPRY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Words that start PACHYDE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found PACHYDERMIA?
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 5 - and most players walked straight past it.
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