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TRICHOGYNE
Definition of TRICHOGYNE
noun
The slender, hair-like cell which receives the fertilizing particles, or antherozoids, in female red algae, lichens and fungi.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
French, from Ancient Greek θρίξ (thríx, “hair”) + γυνή (gunḗ, “female”)
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Ancient Greek
- French
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
2nd
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
12.6%
of traced words share this origin (3,600)
branch · 12.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, TRICHOGYNE · 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.
TRICHOGYNE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 13 boards so far. 10 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 56, 15 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 137, 4 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 4 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 56, 15 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
TRICHOGYNE starts with T and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read CEGHINORTY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start TRICHO
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 56
Could you have found TRICHOGYNE?
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 56 - and most players walked straight past it.
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