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PTERIDOPHYTE
Definition of PTERIDOPHYTE
noun
Any plant of the division Pteridophyta, of simple vascular plants that reproduce via spores rather than seeds and that alternate generations of diploid (sporophyte) and haploid (gametophyte or prothallus) forms, the diploid generally being larger and more conspicuous.
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Where it comes from
From pterido- (“fern”) + -phyte (“plant”).
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.
PTERIDOPHYTE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 117, 14 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 117, 14 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
PTERIDOPHYTE starts with P and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read DEEHIOPPRTTY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. P, T and E appear more than once.
Words that start PTERIDOP
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found PTERIDOPHYTE?
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 117 - and most players walked straight past it.
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