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ECTOGENOUS
Definition of ECTOGENOUS
adjective
Able to survive outside of its host
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From ecto- + -genous.
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.
ECTOGENOUS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 5 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 93, 21 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 131, 28 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 27 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 93, 21 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
ECTOGENOUS starts with E and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read CEEGNOOSTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E and O appear more than once.
Words that start ECTOGE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found ECTOGENOUS?
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 93 - and most players walked straight past it.
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