The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
POLYSOME
Definition of POLYSOME
noun
a polyribosome
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From poly- + -some (“nucleic body”).
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.
POLYSOME in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 43, 2 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 48, 7 July 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 54 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 43, 2 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
POLYSOME starts with P and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read ELMOOPSY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once.
Words that start POLYSO
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 43
Could you have found POLYSOME?
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 43 - and most players walked straight past it.
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