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PAYGRADES
Definition of PAYGRADES
noun
plural of paygrade
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Word DNA
PAYGRADES inherits its ancestry from its root, PAYGRADE.
How it is built
Same root, PAYGRADE · 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.
PAYGRADES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 134, 1 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 19 days.
First found by a player on Day 134, 1 October 2026.
Built from these letters
PAYGRADES starts with P and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AADEGPRSY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Could you have found PAYGRADES?
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 134 - and most players walked straight past it.
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