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PYOID
Definition of PYOID
adjective
Resembling or relating to pus.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From pyo- + -oid.
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.
PYOID in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 8 boards so far. 12 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 40, 29 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 111, 8 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 40, 29 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
PYOID starts with P and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read DIOPY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Also seen on Day 40
Could you have found PYOID?
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 40 - and most players walked straight past it.
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