HELIOTROPE

Where it comes from

The noun is borrowed from French héliotrope, from Latin hēliotropium (“plant which turns to face the sun; bloodstone”), from Ancient Greek ἡλῐοτρόπῐον (hēlĭotrópĭon, “European heliotrope (Heliotropium europaeum); bloodstone; solar clock, sundial”), from ἥλῐος (hḗlĭos, “the sun”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *sóh₂wl̥ (“the sun”)) + τρόπος (trópos, “a turn”) (from τρέπω (trépō, “to rotate; to turn”) (from Proto-Indo-European *trep- (“to turn”)) + -ος (-os, suffix forming nouns from verbs)) + -ῐον (-ĭon, diminutive suffix forming nouns). By surface analysis, helio- + -trope. The French-derived spelling displaced Middle English elitrope, eliotropius, elitropium (“plant which turns to face the sun; bloodstone”) [and other forms], from Old English eliotropus, from Latin hēliotropium (see above); and Old English siġelhweorfa, sōlsece, and sunnfolgend (“heliotrope flower”). Noun sense 6 (“synonym of bloodstone”) is from the fact that a piece of the mineral placed in water is said to change the sun’s rays to a blood-red colour: see the 1601 quotation. The adjective is probably derived from the noun.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

HELIOTROPE in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 25 boards so far. 90 players have found it across Outlier's history.

It first turned up on Day 36, 25 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 97, 25 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.

First found by a player on Day 36, 25 June 2026.

Built from these letters

HELIOTROPE starts with H and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read EEHILOOPRT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E and O appear more than once.

Words that start HELIOT

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

Also seen on Day 36