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BOTANIC
Definition of BOTANIC
adjective
Of or pertaining to botany.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From the Medieval Latin botanicus, perhaps via the French botanique, from the Ancient Greek βοτανικός (botanikós), from βοτάνη (botánē, “herb, pasture”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Ancient Greek
- French
- Latin
- English
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
2nd
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
12.6%
of traced words share this origin (3,601)
branch · 12.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, BOTANIC · 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.
BOTANIC in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 27 boards so far. 105 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 7, 28 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 140, 7 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 7, 28 May 2026.
Built from these letters
BOTANIC starts with B and ends with C. Sorted, its letters read ABCINOT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start BOTANI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 7
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