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PYCNIDIAL
Definition of PYCNIDIAL
adjective
Relating to the pycnidium.
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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
PYCNIDIAL in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 49, 8 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 96, 24 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 15 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 49, 8 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
PYCNIDIAL starts with P and ends with L. Sorted, its letters read ACDIILNPY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once.
Also seen on Day 49
Could you have found PYCNIDIAL?
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 49 - and most players walked straight past it.
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