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NECROBIOTIC
Definition of NECROBIOTIC
adjective
Relating to necrobiosis.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From necro- + -biotic.
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.
NECROBIOTIC in OUTLIER
It has fitted 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 3, 24 May 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 138 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 118, 15 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
NECROBIOTIC starts with N and ends with C. Sorted, its letters read BCCEIINOORT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. C, O and I appear more than once.
Words that start NECROBI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 3
Could you have found NECROBIOTIC?
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 3 - and most players walked straight past it.
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