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HYDROTAXIS
Definition of HYDROTAXIS
noun
movement (of an organism or organ) in response to water
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From hydro- + taxis.
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.
HYDROTAXIS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 15 boards so far. 39 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 32, 21 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 157, 24 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 32, 21 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
HYDROTAXIS starts with H and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ADHIORSTXY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram. It uses X - among the least common letters in written English.
Words that start HYDROT
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 32
Could you have found HYDROTAXIS?
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 32 - and most players walked straight past it.
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