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PTERYGIUMS
Definition of PTERYGIUMS
noun
plural of pterygium
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Word DNA
PTERYGIUMS inherits its ancestry from its root, PTERYGIUM.
Line of descent
- Ancient Greek
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
2nd
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
12.6%
of traced words share this origin (3,660)
branch · 12.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, PTERYGIUM · 1 relative in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
PTERYGIUMS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 11 boards so far. 15 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 25, 14 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 143, 10 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 25, 14 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
PTERYGIUMS starts with P and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read EGIMPRSTUY - 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.
Also seen on Day 25
Could you have found PTERYGIUMS?
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 25 - and most players walked straight past it.
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