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GEOPHYTE
Definition of GEOPHYTE
noun
A perennial plant, for example the potato or daffodil, which in spring propagates from an underground organ such as a bulb, tuber, corm or rhizome.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From geo- (“earth”) + -phyte (“plant”).
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.
GEOPHYTE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 10 boards so far. 14 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 82, 10 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 109, 6 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 82, 10 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
GEOPHYTE starts with G and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read EEGHOPTY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Words that start GEOPHY
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found GEOPHYTE?
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 82 - and most players walked straight past it.
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