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PALINODY
Definition of PALINODY
noun
Obsolete form of palinode.
noun
An ode or other poem in which the author retracts something said in an earlier poem; a recantation.
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Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, PALINODY · 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.
PALINODY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 77, 5 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 132, 29 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 19 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 77, 5 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
PALINODY starts with P and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read ADILNOPY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start PALINO
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found PALINODY?
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 77 - and most players walked straight past it.
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