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KAIROMONES
Definition of KAIROMONES
noun
plural of kairomone
noun
Any substance produced by an individual of one species (often an insect) that benefits the recipient which is of a different species but is harmful to the producer.
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Word DNA
KAIROMONES inherits its ancestry from its root, KAIROMONE.
Line of descent
- German
- Ancient Greek
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
8th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
3.3%
of traced words share this origin (2,611)
branch · 22.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, KAIROMONE · 1 relative in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
KAIROMONES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 4 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 86, 14 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 148, 15 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 9 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 86, 14 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
KAIROMONES starts with K and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AEIKMNOORS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once.
Could you have found KAIROMONES?
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 86 - and most players walked straight past it.
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