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PYROCLAST
Definition of PYROCLAST
noun
Solid matter ejected into the air by an active volcano.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From pyro- + clast.
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.
PYROCLAST in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 55 boards so far. 281 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 24, 13 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 144, 11 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 24, 13 June 2026.
Built from these letters
PYROCLAST starts with P and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read ACLOPRSTY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start PYROCL
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 24
Could you have found PYROCLAST?
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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