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PYRAMIDING
Definition of PYRAMIDING
noun
The practice of an athlete progressively increasing the dosage of an illicit drug to a maximum, and then progressively lowering it, between competitions so as to reduce the chances of being caught.
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Where it comes from
From pyramid + -ing.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, PYRAMID · 7 relatives 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.
PYRAMIDING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 55, 14 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 83, 11 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 75 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 55, 14 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
PYRAMIDING starts with P and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read ADGIIMNPRY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once.
Words that start PYRAMI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 55
Could you have found PYRAMIDING?
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 55 - and most players walked straight past it.
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