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ISOTROPY
Definition of ISOTROPY
noun
The property of being identical, or having the same physical properties, in all directions.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From iso- + -tropy.
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.
ISOTROPY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 7 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 18, 7 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 159, 26 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 18, 7 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Also on
Built from these letters
ISOTROPY starts with I and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read IOOPRSTY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start ISOTRO
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 18
Could you have found ISOTROPY?
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 18 - and most players walked straight past it.
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