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GENETIC
Definition of GENETIC
adjective
Relating to genetics or genes.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Coined from genesis, similarly to antithesis, antithetic. Reflects Ancient Greek γενετικός (genetikós), from γένεσις (génesis) + -κός (-kós). Ultimately from Ancient Greek γίγνομαι (gígnomai, “I come into being”). By surface analysis, gene + -tic or gen(esis) + -etic.
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.
GENETIC in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 12 boards so far. 28 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 66, 25 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 102, 30 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 66, 25 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
GENETIC starts with G and ends with C. Sorted, its letters read CEEGINT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Words that start GENETI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found GENETIC?
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 66 - and most players walked straight past it.
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