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POSTDOC
Definition of POSTDOC
noun
A postdoctoral academic research position.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Clipping of postdoctoral.
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.
POSTDOC in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 48, 7 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 121, 18 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 48, 7 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
POSTDOC starts with P and ends with C. Sorted, its letters read CDOOPST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once.
Words that start POSTDO
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found POSTDOC?
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 48 - and most players walked straight past it.
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