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PHYTOGENIC
Definition of PHYTOGENIC
adjective
Of or pertaining to natural growth promoters used as animal feed additives.
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Other senses
PHYTOGENIC carries 3 further meanings.
adjective
Derived from or formed by plants.
“phytogenic hydrocarbons.”
Of or pertaining to phytogenesis; phytogenetic.
Of plant or vegetable origin; specifically applied by A. W. Grabau to those rocks of which the materials are derived from plants, as coal.
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, PHYTOGENIC · 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.
PHYTOGENIC in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 45 boards so far. 101 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 38, 27 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 162, 29 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First found by a player on Day 38, 27 June 2026.
Built from these letters
PHYTOGENIC starts with P and ends with C. Sorted, its letters read CEGHINOPTY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
2 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start PHYTOG
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 38
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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 38 - and most players walked straight past it.
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