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PODEX
Definition of PODEX
noun
The anus, rectum, or buttocks of a human.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Latin pōdex.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Latin
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
33.2%
of traced words share this origin (10,073)
branch · 33.2% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, PODEX · 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.
PODEX in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 5 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 67, 26 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 133, 30 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 21 days.
First found by a player on Day 104, 1 September 2026.
Built from these letters
PODEX starts with P and ends with X. Sorted, its letters read DEOPX - 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.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Could you have found PODEX?
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 67 - and most players walked straight past it.
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