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BIOLOGY
Definition of BIOLOGY
noun
The study of all life or living matter.
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Where it comes from
Borrowed from New Latin biologia (1766), itself from Ancient Greek βίος (bíos, “bio-, life”) + -λογία (-logía, “-logy, branch of study, to speak”). By surface analysis, bio- + -logy. In English, first attested in the modern meaning in the work of English physician Thomas Beddoes in 1799. The term is also recorded in the sense of a biographical history in the work of Dudley Loftus in 1686, but this is considered by the Oxford English Dictionary to be an isolated use. The modern Greek βιολογία (viología) is borrowed from the English term and French biologie via international scientific vocabulary. Piecewise doublet of zoology.
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Word DNA
Line of descent
- Ancient Greek
- Latin
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
2nd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
12.6%
of traced words share this origin (3,770)
branch · 12.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, BIOLOGY · 1 relative in the game
Its etymology also names French.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
BIOLOGY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 36 boards so far. 235 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 6, 27 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 144, 11 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 7 days.
First found by a player on Day 6, 27 May 2026.
Built from these letters
BIOLOGY starts with B and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read BGILOOY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once.
Words that start BIOLOG
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 6
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