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PYCNIDIUM
Definition of PYCNIDIUM
noun
In certain fungi, a flask-shaped cavity from the surface of the inner walls of which spores are produced.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From New Latin pycnidium, from pycno- (“dense”) + -idium.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
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 (23,981)
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.
PYCNIDIUM in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 7 boards so far. 11 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 72, 31 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 143, 10 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 15 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 72, 31 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Also on
Built from these letters
PYCNIDIUM starts with P and ends with M. Sorted, its letters read CDIIMNPUY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once.
Could you have found PYCNIDIUM?
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 72 - and most players walked straight past it.
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