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XEROPHYTISM
Definition of XEROPHYTISM
noun
The adaptation of plants to habitats where water is scarce.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Another sense
XEROPHYTISM carries a second meaning.
noun
In plant ecology, adaptation to arid conditions; xerophily.
Where it comes from
From xerophyte + -ism.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
XEROPHYTISM in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 15 boards so far. 61 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 32, 21 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 123, 20 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 18 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
XEROPHYTISM starts with X and ends with M. Sorted, its letters read EHIMOPRSTXY - 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 XEROPHY
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 32
Could you have found XEROPHYTISM?
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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