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PYORRHOEA
Definition of PYORRHOEA
noun
Flowing or discharge of pus; periodontitis
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From pyo- + -rrhoea.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, PYORRHOEA · 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.
PYORRHOEA in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 152, 19 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 8 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 152, 19 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
PYORRHOEA starts with P and ends with A. Sorted, its letters read AEHOOPRRY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O and R appear more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start PYORRH
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found PYORRHOEA?
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 152 - and most players walked straight past it.
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