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SUBPOTENCY
Definition of SUBPOTENCY
noun
The quality of being subpotent.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From sub- + potency.
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.
SUBPOTENCY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 84, 12 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 88, 16 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 31 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 84, 12 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SUBPOTENCY starts with S and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read BCENOPSTUY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start SUBPOT
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found SUBPOTENCY?
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 84 - and most players walked straight past it.
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