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PYODERMA
Definition of PYODERMA
noun
An infection of the skin by pyogenic bacteria.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From pyo- + -derma.
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.
PYODERMA in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 6 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 51, 10 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 81, 9 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 21 days.
First found by a player on Day 51, 10 July 2026.
Built from these letters
PYODERMA starts with P and ends with A. Sorted, its letters read ADEMOPRY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Also seen on Day 51
Could you have found PYODERMA?
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 51 - and most players walked straight past it.
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