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UROPYGIUMS
Definition of UROPYGIUMS
Wiktionary has no entry for UROPYGIUMS itself. This is its base word, UROPYGIUM.
noun
The posterior part of a bird's body from which the tailfeathers grow.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
The origin recorded for UROPYGIUM.
Mediaeval Latin, from Ancient Greek οὐροπύγιον (ouropúgion, “tail feathers”).
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.
UROPYGIUMS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 41, 30 June 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 78 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 41, 30 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
UROPYGIUMS starts with U and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read GIMOPRSUUY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. U appears more than once.
Words that start UROPYG
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 41
Could you have found UROPYGIUMS?
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 41 - and most players walked straight past it.
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