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PYTHON
Definition of PYTHON
noun
Any of the family Pythonidae of nonvenomous constrictor snakes.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Latin pȳthon, from Ancient Greek Πύθων (Púthōn), the name of the mythological enormous serpent at Delphi slain by Apollo, probably from Πυθώ (Puthṓ), older name of Delphi.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
PYTHON in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 24 boards so far. 58 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 18, 7 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 96, 24 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 18, 7 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
PYTHON starts with P and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read HNOPTY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
2 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start PYTHON
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 18
Could you have found PYTHON?
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 18 - and most players walked straight past it.
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