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POLEYNS
Definition of POLEYNS
noun
plural of poleyn
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Word DNA
POLEYNS inherits its ancestry from its root, POLEYN.
Line of descent
- Anglo-Norman
- Middle English
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
27th
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
0.4%
of traced words share this origin (101)
branch · 15.4% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, POLEYN · 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.
POLEYNS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 15 boards so far. 15 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 64, 23 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 132, 29 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 12 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 64, 23 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
POLEYNS starts with P and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ELNOPSY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Could you have found POLEYNS?
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 64 - and most players walked straight past it.
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