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GENETICS
Definition of GENETICS
noun
The branch of biology that deals with the transmission and variation of inherited characteristics, in particular chromosomes and DNA.
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Where it comes from
From Ancient Greek γένεσις (génesis, “origin”). Coined by English biologist William Bateson in 1905 in a letter to zoologist Adam Sedgwick, and first used publicly by Bateson at a lecture to the International Conference on Plant Hybridization in 1906.
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.
GENETICS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 20 boards so far. 43 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 14, 3 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 102, 30 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 14, 3 June 2026.
Built from these letters
GENETICS starts with G and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read CEEGINST - 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.
Also seen on Day 14
Could you have found GENETICS?
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 14 - and most players walked straight past it.
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