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POLYGRAPH
Definition of POLYGRAPH
noun
A device which measures and records several physiological variables such as blood pressure, heart rate, respiration and skin conductivity while a series of questions is being posed to a subject, in an attempt to detect deception.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From poly- + -graph.
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.
POLYGRAPH in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 117, 14 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 117, 14 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
POLYGRAPH starts with P and ends with H. Sorted, its letters read AGHLOPPRY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. P appears more than once.
Words that start POLYGR
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found POLYGRAPH?
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 117 - and most players walked straight past it.
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