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EPIPHYTE
Definition of EPIPHYTE
noun
A plant that grows on another, using it for physical support but obtaining no nutrients from it and neither causing damage nor offering benefit.
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Where it comes from
From Ancient Greek ἐπιφύτον (epiphúton, “one [plant] that grows upon another plant”), from ἐπί (epí, “on top of”) + φυτόν (phutón, “plant”), via epi- (“above, over”) + -phyte (“plant”).
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.
EPIPHYTE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 117, 14 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First found by a player on Day 117, 14 September 2026.
Built from these letters
EPIPHYTE starts with E and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read EEHIPPTY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E and P appear more than once.
Words that start EPIPHY
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found EPIPHYTE?
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 117 - and most players walked straight past it.
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