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FUNGICIDAL
Definition of FUNGICIDAL
adjective
Of, or relating to fungicide.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Other senses
FUNGICIDAL carries 3 further meanings.
Relating to fungicides or to the killing of fungus or fungi; having the property of destroying fungous or fungoid growths.
adjective
having the ability to destroy or control fungus
adjective
capable of destroying fungi
Where it comes from
From fungi- + -cidal.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, FUNGICIDAL · 1 relative in the game
FUNGICIDAL in a sentence
“Uncle Tom's Rose Tonic contains potassium phosphite and has good fungicidal properties, while SB Plant Invigorator is a foliar feed with fungicidal and pesticidal properties.”
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
FUNGICIDAL in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 33 boards so far. 89 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 9, 29 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 150, 17 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 9 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 25, 14 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
FUNGICIDAL starts with F and ends with L. Sorted, its letters read ACDFGIILNU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once.
Words that start FUNGIC
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 9
Could you have found FUNGICIDAL?
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 9 - and most players walked straight past it.
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