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ECTOGENY
Definition of ECTOGENY
noun
The effect of pollen on parts of the seed and fruit lying outside the embryo and endosperm.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From ecto- + -geny.
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.
ECTOGENY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 93, 21 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 100, 28 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 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
ECTOGENY starts with E and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read CEEGNOTY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Words that start ECTOGE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found ECTOGENY?
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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