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DIOECIOUS
Definition of DIOECIOUS
adjective
Having the male and female reproductive organs on separate plants (of the same species) rather than different parts of the same plant.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From di- + -oecious.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
DIOECIOUS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 19 boards so far. 30 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 38, 27 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 149, 16 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 38, 27 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
DIOECIOUS starts with D and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read CDEIIOOSU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I and O appear more than once.
Words that start DIOECI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 38
Could you have found DIOECIOUS?
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 38 - and most players walked straight past it.
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