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DICOT
Definition of DICOT
noun
A plant whose seedlings have two cotyledons, a dicotyledon.
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Other senses
DICOT carries 3 further meanings.
noun
A colloquial reduction, among botanists, of dicotyledon.
noun
same as dicotyledon.
noun
flowering plant with two cotyledons; the stem grows by deposit on its outside
Where it comes from
Abbreviation of dicotyledon.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, DICOT · 1 relative in the game
DICOT in a sentence
“The dicot trees of the forests are a mix of evergreen and deciduous species from distinct biogeographical provenances.”
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
DICOT in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 59 boards so far. 117 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 19, 8 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 150, 17 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 19, 8 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
DICOT starts with D and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read CDIOT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that mean much the same
Near-synonyms of DICOT. Not interchangeable at the board - the grid decides that - but close in meaning.
Words that start DICOT
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 19
Could you have found DICOT?
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 19 - and most players walked straight past it.
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