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PODZOL
Definition of PODZOL
noun
The typical soil of coniferous or boreal forests.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Russian подзо́л (podzól), consisting of под (pod) "under" and зола́ (zolá) "ash".
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.
PODZOL in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 55, 14 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 69, 28 July 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 52 days.
First found by a player on Day 55, 14 July 2026.
Built from these letters
PODZOL starts with P and ends with L. Sorted, its letters read DLOOPZ - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once. It uses Z - among the least common letters in written English.
Words that start PODZOL
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 55
Could you have found PODZOL?
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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