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HYPOTONIC
Definition of HYPOTONIC
adjective
Having a lower osmotic pressure than another.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Other senses
HYPOTONIC carries 4 further meanings.
adjective
Having less than normal tone or tension, as of muscles or arteries.
adjective
Having the lower osmotic pressure of two solutions.
Less than isotonic; specifically, noting a solution of salt when it contains a smaller amount than a second solution with which it is compared: applied in this sense to the blood-serum. Also hypisotonic.
Reducing tension or tone in a part or in the body in general.
Where it comes from
From hypo- + tonic.
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.
HYPOTONIC in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 41 boards so far. 130 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 14, 3 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 159, 26 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 14, 3 June 2026.
Built from these letters
HYPOTONIC starts with H and ends with C. Sorted, its letters read CHINOOPTY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once.
Words that start HYPOTO
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 14
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