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PHYLOGENIC

10 letters

Definition of PHYLOGENIC

adjective

Of or pertaining to phylogeny

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Other senses

PHYLOGENIC carries 2 further meanings.

  1. Of or pertaining to phylogeny, as distinguished from ontogeny. Also phylogenetic.

  2. adjective

    phylogenetic

Where it comes from

From phylogeny + -ic.

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Word DNA

How it is built

adjectivecompound-ic

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PHYLOGENIC in a sentence

“This paper gives 19 phylogenic trees – all different – based on morphological and molecular traits.”

A Disclaimer for Behe?, 2009

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PHYLOGENIC in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 45 boards so far. 182 players have found it across Outlier's history.

Day 1Day 148
Its 45 boards, across 148 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
45
Boards found on
28
First board
144
Latest board
7
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 28, 17 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 144, 11 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 4 days.

First ever to find it

freddyornot

on Day 28, 17 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

PHYLOGENIC
10
Letters
3
Vowels
7
Consonants
10
Different letters
4
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

PHYLOGENIC starts with P and ends with C. Sorted, its letters read CEGHILNOPY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.

Words that start PHYLOG

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

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