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SCIOPHYTE
Definition of SCIOPHYTE
noun
Any plant that tolerates or thrives in a low light level (shade)
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From scio- (“shade”) + -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.
SCIOPHYTE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 6 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 88, 16 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 110, 7 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 88, 16 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SCIOPHYTE starts with S and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read CEHIOPSTY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start SCIOPH
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found SCIOPHYTE?
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 88 - and most players walked straight past it.
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