Step 1: Identify the pattern.
Look at the square numbers in the series:
- \( 9 = 3^2 \)
- \( 65 \) is not a perfect square.
- \( 25 = 5^2 \)
- \( 215 \) is not a perfect square.
- \( 49 = 7^2 \)
- \( 513 \) is not a perfect square.
- \( 81 = 9^2 \)
- \( 1001 \) is not a perfect square.
The odd one out is 215, as it doesn't follow the pattern of perfect squares like the others.