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PIED
Definition of PIED
adjective
Having two or more colors, especially black and white.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From archaic pie (“magpie”), from Old French pie, from Latin pica. 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.
PIED in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 30 boards so far. 76 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 19, 8 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 100, 28 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 19, 8 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
PIED starts with P and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read DEIP - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start PIED
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 19
Could you have found PIED?
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 19 - and most players walked straight past it.
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