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ONTOGENETICALLY
Definition of ONTOGENETICALLY
adverb
Synonym of ontogenically.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From ontogenetic + -ally.
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.
ONTOGENETICALLY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 166, 2 November 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 166, 2 November 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
ONTOGENETICALLY starts with O and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read ACEEGILLNNOOTTY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O, N, T, E and L appear more than once, including a double letter.
Could you have found ONTOGENETICALLY?
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 166 - and most players walked straight past it.
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