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AUTOECIOUS
Definition of AUTOECIOUS
adjective
Of a fungus, most often a rust: completing its life cycle on one host.
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Other senses
AUTOECIOUS carries 4 further meanings.
adjective
Spending all stages of the life cycle on the same host. Used of parasites.
In bryology, having both male and female inflorescence on the same plant; monœcious. Three modifications are cladautœcious, goniautœcious, and rhizautœcious. Also written autoicous.
In mycology, passing through all its stages of development on the same host, as certain species of the genus Puccinia.
adjective
Passing through all its stages on one host, as certain parasitic fungi; -- contrasted with heterœcious.
Where it comes from
From auto- + -oecious.
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.
AUTOECIOUS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 27 boards so far. 56 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 34, 23 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 168, 4 November 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 34, 23 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
AUTOECIOUS starts with A and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ACEIOOSTUU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. U and O appear more than once.
Words that start AUTOEC
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 34
Could you have found AUTOECIOUS?
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 34 - and most players walked straight past it.
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