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PYCNOSPORE
Definition of PYCNOSPORE
noun
Synonym of stylospore.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From pycno- + spore.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
PYCNOSPORE 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 15 days.
First found by a player on Day 159, 26 October 2026.
Built from these letters
PYCNOSPORE starts with P and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read CENOOPPRSY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. P and O appear more than once.
Words that start PYCNOS
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found PYCNOSPORE?
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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