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PEDOLOGY
Definition 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.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From pedo- (“soil”) + -ology.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, PEDOLOGY · 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.
PEDOLOGY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 25 boards so far. 68 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 26, 15 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 159, 26 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 26, 15 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
PEDOLOGY starts with P and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read DEGLOOPY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once.
Words that start PEDOLO
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 26
Could you have found PEDOLOGY?
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 26 - and most players walked straight past it.
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