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PHYTOALEXINS
Definition of PHYTOALEXINS
noun
plural of phytoalexin
noun
any of several classes of antibiotics produced by plants in response to microorganisms
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Word DNA
PHYTOALEXINS inherits its ancestry from its root, PHYTOALEXIN.
How it is built
Same root, PHYTOALEXIN · 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.
PHYTOALEXINS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 14 boards so far. 31 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 75, 3 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 157, 24 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 8 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 93, 21 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
PHYTOALEXINS starts with P and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AEHILNOPSTXY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram. It uses X - among the least common letters in written English.
Could you have found PHYTOALEXINS?
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 75 - and most players walked straight past it.
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