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PODIUM
Definition of PODIUM
noun
A platform on which to stand, as when conducting an orchestra or preaching at a pulpit; any low platform or dais.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Latin podium, from Ancient Greek πόδιον (pódion, “base”), a diminutive of πούς (poús, “foot”). Doublet of pew.
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.
PODIUM in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 17 boards so far. 57 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 16, 5 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 106, 3 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 16, 5 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
PODIUM starts with P and ends with M. Sorted, its letters read DIMOPU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Also seen on Day 16
Could you have found PODIUM?
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 16 - and most players walked straight past it.
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