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PTERYGIA

8 letters

Definition of PTERYGIA

noun

plural of pterygium

PTERYGIUM

noun

An abnormal mass of tissue in the corner of the eye that obstructs vision.

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Word DNA

How it is built

noun

The Word DNA of OUTLIER →

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.

PTERYGIA in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 13 boards so far. 20 players have found it across Outlier's history.

Day 1Day 143
Its 13 boards, across 143 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
13
Boards found on
57
First board
143
Latest board
32
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 57, 16 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 143, 10 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.

First ever to find it

lex

on Day 57, 16 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

PTERYGIA
8
Letters
3
Vowels
5
Consonants
8
Different letters
3
Longest consonant run
2
Longest vowel run

PTERYGIA starts with P and ends with A. Sorted, its letters read AEGIPRTY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.

Words that start PTERYG

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

Could you have found PTERYGIA?

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 57 - and most players walked straight past it.

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