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POLYTENIES
Definition of POLYTENIES
Wiktionary has no entry for POLYTENIES itself. This is its base word, POLYTENY.
noun
The presence within a cell of polytene chromosomes (large chromosomes with multiple synapsed chromatids)
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
The origin recorded for POLYTENY.
From polytene + -y.
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.
POLYTENIES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 106, 3 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 14 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 106, 3 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
POLYTENIES starts with P and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read EEILNOPSTY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Words that start POLYTE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found POLYTENIES?
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 106 - and most players walked straight past it.
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