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NEOTYPE
Definition of NEOTYPE
noun
A new specimen of a previously described species which, in order to maintain nomenclatural stability or solve doubtful or confusing identities, is designated to serve as the type specimen, possibly replacing a previous holotype or neotype
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Where it comes from
From neo- + type.
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.
NEOTYPE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 117, 14 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 117, 14 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
NEOTYPE starts with N and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read EENOPTY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Words that start NEOTYP
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found NEOTYPE?
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 117 - and most players walked straight past it.
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