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ADAPTOGENS
Definition of ADAPTOGENS
noun
plural of adaptogen
noun
Any natural herbal substance, such as ginseng, that is purported to assist the body to adapt to stress, and to exert a normalizing effect upon body functions.
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Word DNA
ADAPTOGENS inherits its ancestry from its root, ADAPTOGEN.
Line of descent
- Russian
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
20th
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
0.5%
of traced words share this origin (144)
branch · 0.7% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, ADAPTOGEN · 1 relative in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
ADAPTOGENS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 12 boards so far. 15 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 37, 26 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 138, 5 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 11 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 37, 26 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
ADAPTOGENS starts with A and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AADEGNOPST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Words that start ADAPTO
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 37
Could you have found ADAPTOGENS?
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 37 - and most players walked straight past it.
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