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PSEUDOGYNE
Definition of PSEUDOGYNE
noun
An agamic or asexual female of certain insect species, such as plant-lice, that reproduce by parthenogenesis.
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Where it comes from
From pseudo- + gyne. Piecewise doublet of pseudoqueen.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
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.
PSEUDOGYNE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 4 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 143, 10 October 2026. The most recent board was Day 158, 25 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 9 days.
First found by a player on Day 143, 10 October 2026.
Built from these letters
PSEUDOGYNE starts with P and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read DEEGNOPSUY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Words that start PSEUDO
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found PSEUDOGYNE?
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 143 - and most players walked straight past it.
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