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HELIOTROPY
Definition of HELIOTROPY
noun
heliotropism
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From helio- + -tropy.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
HELIOTROPY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 20 boards so far. 24 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 37, 26 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 149, 16 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 37, 26 June 2026.
Built from these letters
HELIOTROPY starts with H and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read EHILOOPRTY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once.
Words that start HELIOT
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 37
Could you have found HELIOTROPY?
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 37 - and most players walked straight past it.
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