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POLIOVIRUS
Definition of POLIOVIRUS
noun
A human enterovirus of the Picornaviridae family that causes poliomyelitis.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From polio + virus, the first element shortened from poliomyelitis.
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.
POLIOVIRUS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 88, 16 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 100, 28 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 12 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 88, 16 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
POLIOVIRUS starts with P and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read IILOOPRSUV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O and I appear more than once.
Words that start POLIOV
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found POLIOVIRUS?
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 88 - and most players walked straight past it.
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