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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).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- German
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
8th
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
3.1%
of traced words share this origin (899)
branch · 22.3% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, PHYLOGENETIC · 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.
PHYLOGENETIC in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 33 boards so far. 147 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 32, 21 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 144, 11 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
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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