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POLYAXON
Definition of POLYAXON
noun
In a sponge, a spicule that has more than four centered axes.
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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.
POLYAXON in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 93, 21 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 37 days.
First found by a player on Day 93, 21 August 2026.
Built from these letters
POLYAXON starts with P and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read ALNOOPXY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once. It uses X - among the least common letters in written English.
Words that start POLYAX
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found POLYAXON?
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 93 - and most players walked straight past it.
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