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AUXOTROPHIC
Definition of AUXOTROPHIC
adjective
Describing a strain of organism that requires a specific metabolic substance that the parent organism was able to synthesize by itself
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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.
AUXOTROPHIC in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 10 boards so far. 17 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 32, 21 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 144, 11 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 8 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 32, 21 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
AUXOTROPHIC starts with A and ends with C. Sorted, its letters read ACHIOOPRTUX - 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.
Words that start AUXOTRO
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 32
Could you have found AUXOTROPHIC?
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 32 - and most players walked straight past it.
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