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PHOTINIA
Definition of PHOTINIA
noun
Any member of the genus Photinia of small trees and large shrubs in the family Rosaceae.
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Where it comes from
From the genus name.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, PHOTINIA · 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.
PHOTINIA in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 10 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 61, 20 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 160, 27 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 8 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 61, 20 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
PHOTINIA starts with P and ends with A. Sorted, its letters read AHIINOPT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once.
Could you have found PHOTINIA?
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 61 - and most players walked straight past it.
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