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WOODSIA
Definition of WOODSIA
noun
Any of the genus Woodsia of ferns.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From the genus name.
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.
WOODSIA in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 73, 1 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 37 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 73, 1 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
WOODSIA starts with W and ends with A. Sorted, its letters read ADIOOSW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start WOODSI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found WOODSIA?
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 73 - and most players walked straight past it.
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