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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).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Latin
- Old French
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.6%
of traced words share this origin (25,378)
branch · 30.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, PIED · 1 relative in the game
Its etymology also names Polish.
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 64 boards so far. 217 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 19, 8 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 168, 4 November 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
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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