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TAXONOMIES
Definition of TAXONOMIES
noun
plural of taxonomy
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Word DNA
TAXONOMIES inherits its ancestry from its root, TAXONOMY.
Line of descent
- French
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
5th
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
7.2%
of traced words share this origin (2,061)
branch · 15.4% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, TAXONOMY · 1 relative in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
TAXONOMIES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 19 boards so far. 232 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 16, 5 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 133, 30 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 10 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 16, 5 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
TAXONOMIES starts with T and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AEIMNOOSTX - 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.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start TAXONO
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 16
Could you have found TAXONOMIES?
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 16 - and most players walked straight past it.
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