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POLYPODIES
Definition of POLYPODIES
noun
plural of polypody
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Word DNA
POLYPODIES inherits its ancestry from its root, POLYPODY.
Line of descent
- Latin
- Anglo-Norman
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.7%
of traced words share this origin (23,981)
branch · 30.7% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, POLYPODY · 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.
POLYPODIES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 76, 4 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 82 days.
First found by a player on Day 76, 4 August 2026.
Built from these letters
POLYPODIES starts with P and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read DEILOOPPSY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. P and O appear more than once.
Words that start POLYPO
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found POLYPODIES?
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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