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CLEISTOGAMY
Definition of CLEISTOGAMY
noun
The production of flowers which do not open and are self-fertilized in the bud.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Ancient Greek κλειστός (kleistós, “closed”) + -gamy.
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.
CLEISTOGAMY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 10 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 72, 31 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 119, 16 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 74, 2 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
CLEISTOGAMY starts with C and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read ACEGILMOSTY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start CLEISTO
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found CLEISTOGAMY?
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 72 - and most players walked straight past it.
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