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PONYTAIL
Definition of PONYTAIL
noun
A hairstyle where the hair is pulled back and tied into a single "tail" which hangs down behind the head.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From pony + tail.
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.
PONYTAIL in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 5 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 38, 27 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 100, 28 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 9 days.
First found by a player on Day 38, 27 June 2026.
Built from these letters
PONYTAIL starts with P and ends with L. Sorted, its letters read AILNOPTY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start PONYTA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found PONYTAIL?
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 38 - and most players walked straight past it.
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