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TAXONOMICS
Definition of TAXONOMICS
noun
taxonomy
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Word DNA
TAXONOMICS inherits its ancestry from its root, TAXONOMIC.
Line of descent
- French
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
5th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
5.3%
of traced words share this origin (4,269)
branch · 12.8% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, TAXONOMIC · 1 relative in the game
TAXONOMICS in a sentence
“You can form nested hierarchies on the basis of the traits you can observe — taxonomics.”
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
TAXONOMICS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 11 boards so far. 133 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 105, 2 September 2026. The most recent board was Day 157, 24 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 5 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 105, 2 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
TAXONOMICS starts with T and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ACIMNOOSTX - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once. It uses X - among the least common letters in written English.
Words that start TAXONO
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found TAXONOMICS?
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 105 - and most players walked straight past it.
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