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PYKNOTIC
Definition of PYKNOTIC
adjective
showing pyknosis
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From pyknosis. See Ancient Greek πυκνωτικός (puknōtikós, “serving to close the pores”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
PYKNOTIC in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 30, 19 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 102, 30 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 30, 19 June 2026.
Built from these letters
PYKNOTIC starts with P and ends with C. Sorted, its letters read CIKNOPTY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Also seen on Day 30
Could you have found PYKNOTIC?
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 30 - and most players walked straight past it.
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