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PERCOIDEAN
Definition of PERCOIDEAN
noun
Any member of a species of suborder or superfamily Percoidea of fish related to perches.
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Where it comes from
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Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, PERCOIDEAN · 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.
PERCOIDEAN 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 8 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 134, 1 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
PERCOIDEAN starts with P and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read ACDEEINOPR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Words that start PERCOI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found PERCOIDEAN?
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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