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PILEORHIZA
Definition of PILEORHIZA
noun
A cap of cells covering the growing extremity of a root; a rootcap.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Ancient Greek πῖλος (pîlos, “cap”) + ῥίζα (rhíza, “root”).
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.
PILEORHIZA in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 69, 28 July 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 33 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 69, 28 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
PILEORHIZA starts with P and ends with A. Sorted, its letters read AEHIILOPRZ - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once. It uses Z - among the least common letters in written English.
Words that start PILEOR
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found PILEORHIZA?
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 69 - and most players walked straight past it.
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