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PALINOPSIA
Definition of PALINOPSIA
noun
A visual disturbance that causes images to persist to some extent even after their corresponding stimulus has left.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Ancient Greek πάλιν (pálin, “again”) + -opsia.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Ancient Greek
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
2nd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
12.7%
of traced words share this origin (3,825)
branch · 12.7% of traced words
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
PALINOPSIA in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 152, 19 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 152, 19 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
PALINOPSIA starts with P and ends with A. Sorted, its letters read AAIILNOPPS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. P, A and I appear more than once.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start PALINO
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found PALINOPSIA?
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 152 - and most players walked straight past it.
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