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PIONED
Definition of PIONED
adjective
A word of disputed meaning; perhaps, abounding in marsh marigolds.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Shakespearean.
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.
PIONED in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 27, 16 June 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 75 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 27, 16 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
PIONED starts with P and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read DEINOP - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
2 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Also seen on Day 27
Could you have found PIONED?
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 27 - and most players walked straight past it.
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