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PTERYGIALS
Definition of PTERYGIALS
Wiktionary has no entry for PTERYGIALS itself. This is its base word, PTERYGIAL.
adjective
Of or pertaining to the pterygium
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
The origin recorded for PTERYGIAL.
From pterygium + -al.
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.
PTERYGIALS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 69, 28 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 83, 11 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 12 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 69, 28 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
PTERYGIALS starts with P and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AEGILPRSTY - 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 PTERYGIALS?
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 69 - and most players walked straight past it.
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