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POLYCHAETOUS
Definition of POLYCHAETOUS
adjective
Relating to polychaetes.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From polychaete + -ous.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, POLYCHETE · 4 relatives 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.
POLYCHAETOUS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 142, 9 October 2026. The most recent board was Day 149, 16 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 20 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 149, 16 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
POLYCHAETOUS starts with P and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ACEHLOOPSTUY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once.
Words that start POLYCHAE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found POLYCHAETOUS?
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 142 - and most players walked straight past it.
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