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BOTANY
Definition of BOTANY
noun
A branch of biology concerned with the scientific study of plants.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
First attested in 1696: Back-formation from botanic.
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.
BOTANY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 23 boards so far. 52 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 9, 29 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 100, 28 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First found by a player on Day 9, 29 May 2026.
Built from these letters
BOTANY starts with B and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read ABNOTY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Also seen on Day 9
Could you have found BOTANY?
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 9 - and most players walked straight past it.
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