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PHYTOZOAN
Definition of PHYTOZOAN
noun
Alternative form of phytozoon.
PHYTOZOON
noun
A plant-like animal; a zoophyte.
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Word DNA
PHYTOZOAN inherits its ancestry from its root, PHYTOZOON.
Line of descent
- Ancient Greek
- Latin
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
3rd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
12.3%
of traced words share this origin (10,543)
branch · 12.3% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, PHYTOZOON · 2 relatives 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.
PHYTOZOAN in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 165, 1 November 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 8 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 165, 1 November 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
PHYTOZOAN starts with P and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read AHNOOPTYZ - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once. It uses Z - among the least common letters in written English.
Could you have found PHYTOZOAN?
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 165 - and most players walked straight past it.
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