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PHYLOGENETIC
Definition of PHYLOGENETIC
adjective
Of, or relating to phylogeny or phylogenetics.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From phylo- + genetic, from German phylogenetisch, coined by Ernst Haeckel in 1866, from Phylogenese + -isch.
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.
PHYLOGENETIC in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 21 boards so far. 68 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 32, 21 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 98, 26 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 32, 21 June 2026.
Built from these letters
PHYLOGENETIC starts with P and ends with C. Sorted, its letters read CEEGHILNOPTY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Words that start PHYLOGEN
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 32
Could you have found PHYLOGENETIC?
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 32 - and most players walked straight past it.
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