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POLYPHAGIES
Definition of POLYPHAGIES
Wiktionary has no entry for POLYPHAGIES itself. This is its base word, POLYPHAGY.
noun
The ability of an animal to eat a variety of food (e.g. several different families of plants)
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Where it comes from
The origin recorded for POLYPHAGY.
From poly- (“many”) + -phagy (“to feed on”).
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.
POLYPHAGIES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 152, 19 October 2026. The most recent board was Day 159, 26 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 13 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 152, 19 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
POLYPHAGIES starts with P and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AEGHILOPPSY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. P appears more than once.
Words that start POLYPHA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found POLYPHAGIES?
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 152 - and most players walked straight past it.
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