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POLYPLOIDS
Definition of POLYPLOIDS
noun
plural of polyploid
adjective
Having more than the usual number of complete sets of chromosomes in a single cell.
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Word DNA
POLYPLOIDS inherits its ancestry from its root, POLYPLOID.
How it is built
Same root, POLYPLOID · 1 relative in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
POLYPLOIDS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 76, 4 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 110, 7 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 42 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 76, 4 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
POLYPLOIDS starts with P and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read DILLOOPPSY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. P, O and L appear more than once.
Words that start POLYPL
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found POLYPLOIDS?
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 76 - and most players walked straight past it.
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