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XEROPHYTIC
Definition of XEROPHYTIC
adjective
Of, pertaining to, or being a xerophyte
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Other senses
XEROPHYTIC carries 3 further meanings.
Having the character or some feature of a xerophyte; xerophilous; composed of xerophytes; conditioned favorably as to the production of xerophytes.
noun
xerophyte
adjective
adapted to a xeric (or dry) environment
“xerophytic adaptations”
Where it comes from
From xerophyte + -ic.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, XEROPHYTIC · 1 relative in the game
XEROPHYTIC in a sentence
“The principal species are xerophytic and include the cactus species Bursera graveolens, Croton scouleri, Brachycereus nesioticus, Jasminocereus thouarsii (R) and Opuntia echios ssp.”
Galápagos National Park & Galápagos Marine Resources Reserve, Ecuador, 2009
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
XEROPHYTIC in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 15 boards so far. 95 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 12 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 32, 21 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
XEROPHYTIC starts with X and ends with C. Sorted, its letters read CEHIOPRTXY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram. It uses X - among the least common letters in written English.
Words that start XEROPH
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 32
Could you have found XEROPHYTIC?
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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