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PYRACANTHAS
Definition of PYRACANTHAS
noun
plural of pyracantha
PYRACANTHA
noun
A firethorn, any of the genus Pyracantha of thorny evergreen large shrubs.
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Word DNA
PYRACANTHAS inherits its ancestry from its root, PYRACANTHA.
How it is built
Same root, PYRACANTHA · 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.
PYRACANTHAS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 155, 22 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 9 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 155, 22 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
PYRACANTHAS starts with P and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AAACHNPRSTY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Words that start PYRACAN
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found PYRACANTHAS?
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 155 - and most players walked straight past it.
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