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ACTINOMYCETE
Definition of ACTINOMYCETE
noun
Any of various filamentous or rod-shaped bacteria, of the order Actinomycetales, that resemble fungi. Some actinomycetes are pathogens and some are sources of antibiotics.
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Where it comes from
From actino- + -mycete.
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.
ACTINOMYCETE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 137, 4 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 10 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 137, 4 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
ACTINOMYCETE starts with A and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read ACCEEIMNOTTY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. C, T and E appear more than once.
Words that start ACTINOMY
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found ACTINOMYCETE?
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 137 - and most players walked straight past it.
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