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POLYCHROME
Definition of POLYCHROME
adjective
Using multiple or many colours.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From poly- + -chrome.
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.
POLYCHROME in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 15 boards so far. 21 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 36, 25 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 96, 24 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 6 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 36, 25 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
POLYCHROME starts with P and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read CEHLMOOPRY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once.
Words that start POLYCH
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 36
Could you have found POLYCHROME?
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 36 - and most players walked straight past it.
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