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POLYNOMIAL
Definition of POLYNOMIAL
noun
An expression consisting of a sum of a finite number of terms, each term being the product of a constant coefficient and one or more variables raised to a non-negative integer power, such as anxn+an−1xn−1+...+a0x0.
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Where it comes from
From poly- + -nomial, from νομός (nomós, “portion, part”), by analogy with binomial.
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.
POLYNOMIAL in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 110, 7 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 10 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 110, 7 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
POLYNOMIAL starts with P and ends with L. Sorted, its letters read AILLMNOOPY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O and L appear more than once.
Could you have found POLYNOMIAL?
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 110 - and most players walked straight past it.
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