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POLYGYNE
Definition of POLYGYNE
adjective
Describing a hive or colony (of a social insect) that has more than one active queen
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From poly- + gyne.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
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.
POLYGYNE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 161, 28 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 12 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 161, 28 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
POLYGYNE starts with P and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read EGLNOPYY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. Y appears more than once.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start POLYGY
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found POLYGYNE?
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 161 - and most players walked straight past it.
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