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VIROID

6 letters

Definition of VIROID

noun

Any of many short sections of RNA, but without the protein coat typical of viruses (the capsid), that are plant pathogens.

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

From virus + -oid.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

Rarity score
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Revealed only in play
Tier
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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

VIROID in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 9 boards so far.

Day 1Day 109
Its 9 boards, across 109 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
9
Boards found on
65
First board
108
Latest board
12
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 65, 24 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 108, 5 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.

First ever to find it

akoboldskobold

on Day 65, 24 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Also on

Built from these letters

VIROID
6
Letters
3
Vowels
3
Consonants
5
Different letters
1
Longest consonant run
2
Longest vowel run

VIROID starts with V and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read DIIORV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once.

Words that start VIROID

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

Could you have found VIROID?

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 65 - and most players walked straight past it.

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