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PSEUDOPOD

/ˈsuː.də(ʊ)ˌpɒd/9 letters

Definition of PSEUDOPOD

noun

A temporary projection of the cytoplasm of certain cells, such as phagocytes, or of certain unicellular organisms, such as amoebas, that serves in locomotion.

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

From pseudo- + -pod.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

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

PSEUDOPOD in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 1 board so far.

Day 1Day 98
Its one board, across 98 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
1
Boards found on
76
First board
22
Days since seen

It first turned up on Day 76, 4 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 22 days.

First ever to find it

2xnegative

on Day 76, 4 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

PSEUDOPOD
9
Letters
4
Vowels
5
Consonants
6
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
2
Longest vowel run

PSEUDOPOD starts with P and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read DDEOOPPSU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. P, D and O appear more than once.

Words that start PSEUDO

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

PSEUDOPSEUDOSPSEUDONYMPSEUDOACIDPSEUDOBULBPSEUDOCARPPSEUDOCODEPSEUDOCOELPSEUDOLOGYPSEUDONYMSPSEUDOPODSPSEUDOACIDS

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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 76 - and most players walked straight past it.

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