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PAYGRADE
Definition of PAYGRADE
noun
Alternative spelling of pay grade.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From pay + grade.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
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.
PAYGRADE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 50, 9 July 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 80 days.
First found by a player on Day 50, 9 July 2026.
Built from these letters
PAYGRADE starts with P and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read AADEGPRY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Words that start PAYGRA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 50
Could you have found PAYGRADE?
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 50 - and most players walked straight past it.
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