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HYDROTACTIC
Definition of HYDROTACTIC
adjective
Relating to hydrotaxis
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From hydro- + -tactic.
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.
HYDROTACTIC in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 137, 4 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
Built from these letters
HYDROTACTIC starts with H and ends with C. Sorted, its letters read ACCDHIORTTY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. T and C appear more than once.
Words that start HYDROTA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found HYDROTACTIC?
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 137 - and most players walked straight past it.
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