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PYRRHICIST
Definition of PYRRHICIST
noun
One who danced the Pyrrhichios.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Pyrrhichios + -ist. By surface analysis, pyrrhic + -ist.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, PYRRHICIST · 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.
PYRRHICIST 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 17 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
PYRRHICIST starts with P and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read CHIIPRRSTY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. R and I appear more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start PYRRHI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found PYRRHICIST?
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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