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POLYCHROISM
Definition of POLYCHROISM
noun
pleochroism
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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.
POLYCHROISM in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 136, 3 October 2026. The most recent board was Day 157, 24 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 144, 11 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
POLYCHROISM starts with P and ends with M. Sorted, its letters read CHILMOOPRSY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once.
Words that start POLYCHR
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found POLYCHROISM?
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 136 - and most players walked straight past it.
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