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PSEUDOREACTION

14 letters

Definition of PSEUDOREACTION

noun

An apparent reaction (to a medical test etc.) that does not in fact represent a positive test result.

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

From pseudo- + reaction.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

Word DNA

How it is built

nouncompoundpseudo-

The Word DNA of OUTLIER →

Rarity score
Withheld
Revealed only in play
Tier
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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.

PSEUDOREACTION in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 2 boards so far.

Day 1Day 170
Its 2 boards, across 170 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
2
Boards found on
159
First board
168
Latest board
9
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 159, 26 October 2026. The most recent board was Day 168, 4 November 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.

First ever to find it

lampsy

on Day 159, 26 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

PSEUDOREACTION
14
Letters
7
Vowels
7
Consonants
12
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
2
Longest vowel run

PSEUDOREACTION starts with P and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read ACDEEINOOPRSTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E and O appear more than once.

Could you have found PSEUDOREACTION?

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 159 - and most players walked straight past it.

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