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TAXONOMY
Definition of TAXONOMY
noun
The science, technique, or process used to make a classification.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from French taxonomie. By surface analysis, taxo- + -nomy.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
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 (2,085)
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.
TAXONOMY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 15 boards so far. 443 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 32, 21 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 144, 11 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First found by a player on Day 32, 21 June 2026.
Built from these letters
TAXONOMY starts with T and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read AMNOOTXY - 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.
Also seen on Day 32
Could you have found TAXONOMY?
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 32 - and most players walked straight past it.
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