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POLYMATHIC
Definition of POLYMATHIC
adjective
Pertaining to polymathy; acquainted with many branches of learning.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Another sense
POLYMATHIC carries a second meaning.
Pertaining to or characterized by polymathy.
Where it comes from
From polymath + -ic.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, POLYMATH · 2 relatives in the game
POLYMATHIC in a sentence
“He left his company, now called Harman International Industries , in 2007, and had been spending much of his time teaching at the University of Southern California where he was a professor of polymathic study.”
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
POLYMATHIC in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 38 boards so far. 104 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 25, 14 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 158, 25 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 25, 14 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
POLYMATHIC starts with P and ends with C. Sorted, its letters read ACHILMOPTY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start POLYMA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 25
Could you have found POLYMATHIC?
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 25 - and most players walked straight past it.
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