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PONDWEEDS
Definition of PONDWEEDS
noun
plural of pondweed
PONDWEED
noun
Any of several plants that grow in ponds or similar aquatic conditions: Potamogeton, a diverse and worldwide genus Elodea, found in North America Azolla, of cosmopolitan distribution Aponogeton, in Africa, Asia and Australasia opposite-leaved pondweed, Groenlandia densa, only plant of its genus, found chiefly in the Mediterranean region.
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Word DNA
PONDWEEDS inherits its ancestry from its root, PONDWEED.
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
PONDWEEDS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 132, 29 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 132, 29 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
PONDWEEDS starts with P and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read DDEENOPSW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. D and E appear more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start PONDWE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found PONDWEEDS?
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 132 - and most players walked straight past it.
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