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POSTEMBRYONIC
Definition of POSTEMBRYONIC
adjective
That follows the embryonic stage of development.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From post- + embryonic.
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.
POSTEMBRYONIC in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 5 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 96, 24 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 116, 13 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 103, 31 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
POSTEMBRYONIC starts with P and ends with C. Sorted, its letters read BCEIMNOOPRSTY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once.
Could you have found POSTEMBRYONIC?
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 96 - and most players walked straight past it.
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