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HOMOPLASY
Definition of HOMOPLASY
noun
A correspondence between the parts or organs of different species acquired as the result of parallel evolution or convergence.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Coined by British zoologist Ray Lankester in 1870, from homo- + -plasy, formed from Ancient Greek ὁμός (homós, “similar, alike, the same”) and πλάσσω (plássō, “to shape, to mold”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Ancient Greek
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
2nd
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
12.6%
of traced words share this origin (3,695)
branch · 12.6% of traced words
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.
HOMOPLASY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 6 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 37, 26 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 136, 3 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 11 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 37, 26 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
HOMOPLASY starts with H and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read AHLMOOPSY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once.
Words that start HOMOPL
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 37
Could you have found HOMOPLASY?
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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