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PINACOID
Definition of PINACOID
noun
The face of a crystal parallel to two of the axes.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Ancient Greek πινάκιον (pinákion, “slab, tablet”) + -oid.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Ancient Greek
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
3rd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
12.4%
of traced words share this origin (10,337)
branch · 12.4% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, PINACOID · 2 relatives in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
PINACOID in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 112, 9 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 56 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 112, 9 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
PINACOID starts with P and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read ACDIINOP - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once.
Words that start PINACO
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found PINACOID?
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 112 - and most players walked straight past it.
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