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PAEDOLOGY
Definition of PAEDOLOGY
noun
Alternative spelling of pedology.
noun
The sub-discipline of soil science that studies soils as a component of natural systems or deals with soil genesis and soil classification, or studies the soil profiles or solum in its natural setting.
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Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, PAEDOLOGY · 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.
PAEDOLOGY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 13 boards so far. 21 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 67, 26 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 152, 19 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 67, 26 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
PAEDOLOGY starts with P and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read ADEGLOOPY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once.
Words that start PAEDOL
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found PAEDOLOGY?
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 67 - and most players walked straight past it.
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