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PYCNIDIA
Definition of PYCNIDIA
noun
plural of pycnidium
noun
In certain fungi, a flask-shaped cavity from the surface of the inner walls of which spores are produced.
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Word DNA
PYCNIDIA inherits its ancestry from its root, PYCNIDIUM.
Line of descent
- Latin
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.7%
of traced words share this origin (24,343)
branch · 30.7% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, PYCNIDIUM · 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.
PYCNIDIA in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 5 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 55, 14 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 143, 10 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 18 days.
First found by a player on Day 55, 14 July 2026.
Built from these letters
PYCNIDIA starts with P and ends with A. Sorted, its letters read ACDIINPY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once.
Also seen on Day 55
Could you have found PYCNIDIA?
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 55 - and most players walked straight past it.
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