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ACROSOME

8 letters

Definition of ACROSOME

noun

A structure forming the end of the head of a spermatozoon.

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

From acro- + -some.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

Rarity score
Withheld
Revealed only in play
Tier
Withheld
Find it yourself

OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

ACROSOME in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 2 boards so far.

Day 1Day 102
Its 2 boards, across 102 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
2
Boards found on
54
First board
56
Latest board
2
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 54, 13 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 56, 15 July 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 46 days.

First ever to find it

smeeglr

on Day 54, 13 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

ACROSOME
8
Letters
4
Vowels
4
Consonants
7
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

ACROSOME starts with A and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read ACEMOORS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once.

Words that start ACROSO

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

ACROSOMALACROSOMES

Could you have found ACROSOME?

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 54 - and most players walked straight past it.

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