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HELIOTROPES
Definition of HELIOTROPES
noun
plural of heliotrope
noun
A plant with flowers which turn to face and follow the sun, such as marigolds and sunflowers.
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Another sense
HELIOTROPES carries a second meaning.
noun
Plural form of heliotrope.
Word DNA
HELIOTROPES inherits its ancestry from its root, HELIOTROPE.
Line of descent
4 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
3rd
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
9%
of traced words share this origin (2,616)
How it is built
Same root, HELIOTROPE · 1 relative in the game
Its etymology also names Middle English, Old English.
Every Proto-Indo-European word → · The Word DNA of OUTLIER →
HELIOTROPES in a sentence
“We were watching, she and me — that is, if heliotropes can see.”
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
HELIOTROPES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 36 boards so far. 104 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 18, 7 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 144, 11 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 18, 7 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
HELIOTROPES starts with H and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read EEHILOOPRST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E and O appear more than once.
Words that start HELIOTR
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 18
Could you have found HELIOTROPES?
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 18 - and most players walked straight past it.
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