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PYOT
Definition of PYOT
noun
A magpie; a water ouzel.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Equivalent to pie + -et.
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.
PYOT in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 10 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 24, 13 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 120, 17 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 46 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 33, 22 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
PYOT starts with P and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read OPTY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start PYOT
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 24
Could you have found PYOT?
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 24 - and most players walked straight past it.
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