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PTERIDOLOGIES
Definition of PTERIDOLOGIES
Wiktionary has no entry for PTERIDOLOGIES itself. This is its base word, PTERIDOLOGY.
noun
The scientific study of ferns and other pteridophytes.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
The origin recorded for PTERIDOLOGY.
From pterido- + -logy.
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.
PTERIDOLOGIES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 4 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 83, 11 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 88, 16 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 14 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 83, 11 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
PTERIDOLOGIES starts with P and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read DEEGIILOOPRST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E, I and O appear more than once.
Words that start PTERIDOLO
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found PTERIDOLOGIES?
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 83 - and most players walked straight past it.
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