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PLEIOTAXIES
Definition of PLEIOTAXIES
Wiktionary has no entry for PLEIOTAXIES itself. This is its base word, PLEIOTAXY.
noun
An increase in the number of whorls in a flower.
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Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, PLEIOTAXY · 1 relative 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.
PLEIOTAXIES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 168, 4 November 2026. The most recent board was Day 170, 6 November 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 4 days.
First found by a player on Day 168, 4 November 2026.
Built from these letters
PLEIOTAXIES starts with P and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AEEIILOPSTX - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E and I appear more than once. It uses X - among the least common letters in written English.
Could you have found PLEIOTAXIES?
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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