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POLYACTINE
Definition of POLYACTINE
noun
The ray of a polyactinal sponge
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Word DNA
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
POLYACTINE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 102, 30 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 59 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 102, 30 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
POLYACTINE starts with P and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read ACEILNOPTY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start POLYAC
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found POLYACTINE?
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 102 - and most players walked straight past it.
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