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FUNGISTATIC
Definition of FUNGISTATIC
adjective
That inhibits the growth and reproduction of fungi but does not kill off their population.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
International scientific vocabulary, from New Latin, from fungi- + -static = fungistasis + -ic.
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.
FUNGISTATIC in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 120, 17 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 120, 17 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
FUNGISTATIC starts with F and ends with C. Sorted, its letters read ACFGIINSTTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I and T appear more than once.
Words that start FUNGIST
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
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