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POISED

/pɔɪzd/6 letters

Definition of POISED

adjective

Possessing poise, having self-confidence.

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Word DNA

How it is built

adjective1 syllable

Same root, POIS · 2 relatives in the game

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Rarity score
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Revealed only in play
Tier
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Find it yourself

OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

POISED in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 42 boards so far. 79 players have found it across Outlier's history.

Day 1Day 157
Its 42 boards, across 157 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
42
Boards found on
7
First board
157
Latest board
19
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 7, 28 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 157, 24 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.

First found by a player on Day 7, 28 May 2026.

Built from these letters

POISED
6
Letters
3
Vowels
3
Consonants
6
Different letters
1
Longest consonant run
2
Longest vowel run

POISED starts with P and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read DEIOPS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.

Could you have found POISED?

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 7 - and most players walked straight past it.

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