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HYDROPONIC
Definition of HYDROPONIC
adjective
Of a plant; pertaining to or grown using hydroponics, a method of growing plants using mineral nutrient solutions in water, without soil.
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Where it comes from
Back-formation from hydroponics. By surface analysis, hydro- (“water”) + Ancient Greek πόνος (pónos, “work, labour”) + -ic.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, HYDROPONIC · 1 relative in the game
Its etymology also names Ancient Greek.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
HYDROPONIC in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 38 boards so far. 108 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 27, 16 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 158, 25 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 27, 16 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
HYDROPONIC starts with H and ends with C. Sorted, its letters read CDHINOOPRY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once.
Words that start HYDROP
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 27
Could you have found HYDROPONIC?
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 27 - and most players walked straight past it.
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