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PLEIOTROPY
Definition of PLEIOTROPY
noun
The influence of a single gene on multiple phenotypic traits; pleiotropism.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Coined by German zoologist Ludwig Plate in 1910, from Ancient Greek πλείων (pleíōn) + -tropy; by surface analysis, pleio- + -tropy.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Ancient Greek
- German
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
3rd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
12.2%
of traced words share this origin (9,601)
branch · 12.2% of traced words
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
PLEIOTROPY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 110, 7 September 2026. The most recent board was Day 159, 26 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 110, 7 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
PLEIOTROPY starts with P and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read EILOOPPRTY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. P and O appear more than once.
Words that start PLEIOT
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found PLEIOTROPY?
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 110 - and most players walked straight past it.
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