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PLACODERM
Definition of PLACODERM
noun
A member of an extinct paraphyletic class (†Placodermi) of jawed fish with armored heads and thoraces; the group lived during the Silurian and Devonian periods.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From placo- + -derm, after German Placoderm.
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.
PLACODERM in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 8 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 55, 14 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 116, 13 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 4 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 55, 14 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
PLACODERM starts with P and ends with M. Sorted, its letters read ACDELMOPR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Also seen on Day 55
Could you have found PLACODERM?
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 55 - and most players walked straight past it.
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