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ABIOTROPHIC
Definition of ABIOTROPHIC
adjective
Relating to or involving abiotrophy; relating to or involving the functional loss of an organ or cells not due to an injury.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From abiotrophy + -ic.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
ABIOTROPHIC in OUTLIER
It has fitted 21 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 1, 22 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 54, 13 July 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 85 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 47, 6 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
ABIOTROPHIC starts with A and ends with C. Sorted, its letters read ABCHIIOOPRT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I and O appear more than once.
Also seen on Day 1
Could you have found ABIOTROPHIC?
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 1 - and most players walked straight past it.
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