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PYCNOGONID
Definition of PYCNOGONID
noun
Any sea spider of the class Pycnogonida.
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Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, PYCNOGONID · 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.
PYCNOGONID in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 159, 26 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 9 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 159, 26 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
PYCNOGONID starts with P and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read CDGINNOOPY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. N and O appear more than once.
Words that start PYCNOG
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found PYCNOGONID?
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 159 - and most players walked straight past it.
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