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NEOTROPICAL
Definition of NEOTROPICAL
adjective
Occurring in tropical America, i.e. the tropics of the New World.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From neo- + tropical.
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.
NEOTROPICAL in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 4 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 43, 2 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 149, 16 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 5 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 43, 2 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
NEOTROPICAL starts with N and ends with L. Sorted, its letters read ACEILNOOPRT - 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 NEOTROP
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 43
Could you have found NEOTROPICAL?
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 43 - and most players walked straight past it.
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