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PHOTONASTY
Definition of PHOTONASTY
noun
A nastic response to a change in light levels.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From photo- + -nasty.
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.
PHOTONASTY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 152, 19 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 16 days.
First found by a player on Day 152, 19 October 2026.
Built from these letters
PHOTONASTY starts with P and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read AHNOOPSTTY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O and T appear 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 PHOTON
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found PHOTONASTY?
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 152 - and most players walked straight past it.
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