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EVOLUTIONARY
Definition of EVOLUTIONARY
adjective
Of or relating to the biological theory of evolution.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From evolution + -ary.
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.
EVOLUTIONARY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 37 boards so far. 264 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 30, 19 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 142, 9 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 5 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 30, 19 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
EVOLUTIONARY starts with E and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read AEILNOORTUVY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once.
Words that start EVOLUTIO
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 30
Could you have found EVOLUTIONARY?
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 30 - and most players walked straight past it.
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