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SCIAPOD
Definition of SCIAPOD
noun
A member of a mythical race of humans living in Africa, who have one single, large foot which they use to shade themselves from the rays of the sun.
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Where it comes from
Back-formation from Sciapodes.
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.
SCIAPOD in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 158, 25 October 2026. The most recent board was Day 163, 30 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 8 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 158, 25 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SCIAPOD starts with S and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read ACDIOPS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Could you have found SCIAPOD?
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 158 - and most players walked straight past it.
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