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MEIOTIC
Definition of MEIOTIC
adjective
Of or pertaining to meiosis.
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Where it comes from
Coined by British biologists John Bretland Farmer and John Edmund Sharrock Moore in 1905 as maiotic in a paper in the Quarterly Journal of Microscopic Science, with the spelling corrected on etymological grounds later that year. Equivalent to meio- + -tic.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
MEIOTIC in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 11 boards so far. 20 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 11, 31 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 112, 9 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 11, 31 May 2026.
Built from these letters
MEIOTIC starts with M and ends with C. Sorted, its letters read CEIIMOT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once.
Words that start MEIOTI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 11
Could you have found MEIOTIC?
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 11 - and most players walked straight past it.
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