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PHYTONCIDES
Definition of PHYTONCIDES
noun
plural 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.
PHYTONCIDES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 142, 9 October 2026. The most recent board was Day 147, 14 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 142, 9 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
PHYTONCIDES starts with P and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read CDEHINOPSTY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Could you have found PHYTONCIDES?
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 142 - and most players walked straight past it.
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