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RHIZOPOD
Definition of RHIZOPOD
noun
A member of the taxonomic superclass of Rhizopoda, being a type of amoeboid single-cell life with pseudopods not supported by a regular array of microtubules.
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Where it comes from
From rhizo- + -pod.
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.
RHIZOPOD in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 55, 14 July 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 47 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
RHIZOPOD starts with R and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read DHIOOPRZ - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once. It uses Z - among the least common letters in written English.
Words that start RHIZOP
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 55
Could you have found RHIZOPOD?
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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