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PERCOIDEANS
Definition of PERCOIDEANS
Wiktionary has no entry for PERCOIDEANS itself. This is its base word, 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
The origin recorded for PERCOIDEAN.
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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.
PERCOIDEANS 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 7 days.
First found by a player on Day 134, 1 October 2026.
Built from these letters
PERCOIDEANS starts with P and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ACDEEINOPRS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Words that start PERCOID
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found PERCOIDEANS?
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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