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GYMNOSPORE
Definition of GYMNOSPORE
noun
A type of spore that does not have a protective envelope, especially one not produced in a sporangium
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From gymno- + spore.
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.
GYMNOSPORE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 123, 20 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 123, 20 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
GYMNOSPORE starts with G and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read EGMNOOPRSY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once.
Words that start GYMNOS
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found GYMNOSPORE?
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 123 - and most players walked straight past it.
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