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PHYTOTOMIES
Definition of PHYTOTOMIES
Wiktionary has no entry for PHYTOTOMIES itself. This is its base word, PHYTOTOMY.
noun
The study of the internal structures of plants.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
The origin recorded for PHYTOTOMY.
From phyto- + -tomy.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
PHYTOTOMIES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 106, 3 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 14 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 106, 3 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
PHYTOTOMIES starts with P and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read EHIMOOPSTTY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. T and O appear more than once.
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 PHYTOTO
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found PHYTOTOMIES?
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 106 - and most players walked straight past it.
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