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PLEIOTAXY
Definition of PLEIOTAXY
noun
An increase in the number of whorls in a flower.
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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
PLEIOTAXY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 6 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 65, 24 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 105, 2 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 6 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 65, 24 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
PLEIOTAXY starts with P and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read AEILOPTXY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram. It uses X - among the least common letters in written English.
Words that start PLEIOT
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found PLEIOTAXY?
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 65 - and most players walked straight past it.
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