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OUTGROWTH
Definition of OUTGROWTH
noun
Anything that grows out of something else. A branch or offshoot of a plant. An appendage of an animal. A byproduct or consequence of an action or event.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From out- + growth.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, OUTGROWTH · 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.
OUTGROWTH in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 148, 15 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 16 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 148, 15 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
OUTGROWTH starts with O and ends with H. Sorted, its letters read GHOORTTUW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O and T appear more than once.
Words that start OUTGRO
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found OUTGROWTH?
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 148 - and most players walked straight past it.
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