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PACHYDERMS
Definition of PACHYDERMS
noun
plural of pachyderm
noun
A member of the obsolete taxonomic order Pachydermata, grouping of thick-skinned, hoofed animals such as the rhinoceros, hippopotamus, elephant and tapir.
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Another sense
PACHYDERMS carries a second meaning.
noun
Plural form of pachyderm.
Word DNA
PACHYDERMS inherits its ancestry from its root, PACHYDERM.
Line of descent
- French
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
5th
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
7.2%
of traced words share this origin (2,081)
branch · 15.4% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, PACHYDERM · 1 relative in the game
PACHYDERMS in a sentence
“You are entering the realm of the Elephant King, a sovereign so rich in pachyderms that he can waste the gnashers of a thousand of the beasts just to decorate me.”
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
PACHYDERMS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 45 boards so far. 192 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 27, 16 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 144, 11 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 27, 16 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
PACHYDERMS starts with P and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ACDEHMPRSY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start PACHYD
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 27
Could you have found PACHYDERMS?
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 27 - and most players walked straight past it.
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