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AUXOTONIC
Definition of AUXOTONIC
adjective
Relating to plant movement classified by growth as opposed to mature reactions to exogenous stimuli in surrounding environment.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From auxo- (“increase, growth”) + tonic.
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.
AUXOTONIC in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 73, 1 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 114, 11 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 6 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
AUXOTONIC starts with A and ends with C. Sorted, its letters read ACINOOTUX - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once. It uses X - among the least common letters in written English.
Could you have found AUXOTONIC?
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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