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POLYPUS
Definition of POLYPUS
noun
A medical phenomenon. A polyp. A cardiac thrombus usually found post-mortem.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Latin polypus, from Ancient Greek πολύπους (polúpous). Doublet of polyp.
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.
POLYPUS 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 26 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
POLYPUS starts with P and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read LOPPSUY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. P appears more than once.
Words that start POLYPU
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found POLYPUS?
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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