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MICROPHYTE
Definition of MICROPHYTE
noun
Any microscopic plant or alga
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From micro- (“small”) + -phyte (“plant”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, MICROPHYTE · 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.
MICROPHYTE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 8 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 48, 7 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 142, 9 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 48, 7 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
MICROPHYTE starts with M and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read CEHIMOPRTY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
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 MICROP
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 48
Could you have found MICROPHYTE?
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 48 - and most players walked straight past it.
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