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PIEBALD
Definition of PIEBALD
adjective
Spotted or blotched, especially in black and white.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From pie (“magpie”) + bald (“having white patches or blazes”). Compare typologically Polish srokaty < sroka.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
PIEBALD in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 30 boards so far. 261 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 26, 15 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 100, 28 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
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
PIEBALD starts with P and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read ABDEILP - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Also seen on Day 26
Could you have found PIEBALD?
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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