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AUXOTROPHS
Definition of AUXOTROPHS
noun
plural of auxotroph
noun
Any microorganism that has lost the ability to synthesize an organic compound required for its growth, usually as a result of mutation
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Word DNA
AUXOTROPHS inherits its ancestry from its root, AUXOTROPH.
How it is built
Same root, AUXOTROPH · 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.
AUXOTROPHS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 7 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 93, 21 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 144, 11 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 114, 11 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Also on
Built from these letters
AUXOTROPHS starts with A and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AHOOPRSTUX - 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 AUXOTR
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found AUXOTROPHS?
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 93 - and most players walked straight past it.
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