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POLYPOSIS

9 letters

Definition of POLYPOSIS

noun

A hereditary disease characterised by numerous polyps that erupt in various parts of the body, especially the colon

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Where it comes from

From polyp + -osis.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

Rarity score
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Revealed only in play
Tier
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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

POLYPOSIS in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 1 board so far.

Day 1Day 102
Its one board, across 102 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
1
Boards found on
76
First board
26
Days since seen

It first turned up on Day 76, 4 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 26 days.

First ever to find it

clockwork

on Day 76, 4 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

POLYPOSIS
9
Letters
3
Vowels
6
Consonants
6
Different letters
3
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

POLYPOSIS starts with P and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ILOOPPSSY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. P, O and S appear more than once.

Words that start POLYPO

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

POLYPODPOLYPODSPOLYPODYPOLYPOIDPOLYPOREPOLYPOUSPOLYPORESPOLYPOSESPOLYPODIESPOLYPODOUS

Could you have found POLYPOSIS?

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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