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PHYTONCIDE
Definition of PHYTONCIDE
noun
Any volatile antimicrobial compound given off by a plant, especially one that prevents it from being eaten.
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Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, PHYTONCIDE · 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.
PHYTONCIDE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 147, 14 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 24 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 147, 14 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
PHYTONCIDE starts with P and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read CDEHINOPTY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start PHYTON
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found PHYTONCIDE?
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 147 - and most players walked straight past it.
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