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EUGENICS
Definition of EUGENICS
noun
A social philosophy or practice which advocates the improvement of human hereditary qualities through selective breeding, either by encouraging people with superior genetic qualities to reproduce (positive eugenics), or discouraging people with inferior genetic qualities from reproducing (negative eugenics), or by technological means.
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Where it comes from
Coined by Francis Galton in 1883. From ἐΰς (eǘs, “good”) + γίγνομαι (gígnomai, “breeding”), “well-bred”, “good in stock”. Parallel to Eugene. By surface analysis, eugenic + -s.
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Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, EUGENIC · 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.
EUGENICS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 56 boards so far. 280 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 12, 1 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 150, 17 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 12, 1 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
EUGENICS starts with E and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read CEEGINSU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Words that start EUGENI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 12
Could you have found EUGENICS?
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 12 - and most players walked straight past it.
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