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ECOCIDE
Definition of ECOCIDE
noun
The complete destruction of an ecosystem due to human activities, such as due to exploitation of resources, nuclear warfare, or the dumping of harmful chemicals.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From eco- + -cide. First used in 1969 by the American plant biologist Arthur Galston to refer to the willful destruction of the environment with Agent Orange.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, ECOCIDE · 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.
ECOCIDE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 131, 28 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 131, 28 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
ECOCIDE starts with E and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read CCDEEIO - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E and C appear more than once.
Could you have found ECOCIDE?
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 131 - and most players walked straight past it.
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