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PYTHONIC
Definition of PYTHONIC
adjective
Of or pertaining to, or resembling, a python (“large constricting snake of the family Pythonidae”); pythonlike.
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Other senses
PYTHONIC carries 4 further meanings.
adjective
Of, relating to, or resembling a python.
adjective
Of or resembling an oracle; prophetic.
adjective
Of extraordinary size and power.
Oracular; pertaining to the prediction of future events; prophetic.
Where it comes from
From python (“snake of the family Pythonidae”) + -ic (suffix meaning ‘of or pertaining to’ forming adjectives from nouns). Python is derived from Latin Pȳthōn, from Ancient Greek Πῡ́θων (Pū́thōn, “Python, mythical serpent which lived at Delphi”), from Πῡθώ (Pūthṓ, “Pytho, ancient name of Delphi; Python, the mythical serpent”) (probably ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *dʰewbʰ- (“deep; dark (?); unclear (?)”) or *puH- (“foul, rotten”)) + -ων (-ōn, suffix forming possessives).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
3rd
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
9%
of traced words share this origin (2,608)
How it is built
Every Proto-Indo-European word → · The Word DNA of OUTLIER →
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
PYTHONIC in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 47 boards so far. 140 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 17, 6 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 144, 11 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 17, 6 June 2026.
Built from these letters
PYTHONIC starts with P and ends with C. Sorted, its letters read CHINOPTY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that mean much the same
Near-synonyms of PYTHONIC. Not interchangeable at the board - the grid decides that - but close in meaning.
Same letters, different word
3 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start PYTHON
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 17
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