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POYOU

5 letters

Definition of POYOU

noun

The six-banded armadillo, Euphractus sexcinctus.

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Rarity score
Withheld
Revealed only in play
Tier
Withheld
Find it yourself

OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

POYOU in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 3 boards so far.

Day 1Day 119
Its 3 boards, across 119 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
3
Boards found on
43
First board
111
Latest board
42
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 43, 2 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 111, 8 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 8 days.

First ever to find it

travelgirl

on Day 43, 2 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

POYOU
5
Letters
3
Vowels
2
Consonants
4
Different letters
1
Longest consonant run
2
Longest vowel run

POYOU starts with P and ends with U. Sorted, its letters read OOPUY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once.

Words that start POYOU

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

Could you have found POYOU?

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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