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PILOERECTION
Definition of PILOERECTION
noun
The erection of hairs or papillae.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From pilo- + erection.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
PILOERECTION in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 168, 4 November 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 7 days.
First found by a player on Day 168, 4 November 2026.
Built from these letters
PILOERECTION starts with P and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read CEEIILNOOPRT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I, O and E appear more than once.
Could you have found PILOERECTION?
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 168 - and most players walked straight past it.
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