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ALLOSTERIC
Definition of ALLOSTERIC
adjective
That binds a compound on an inactive site and thus changes macromolecular conformation or dynamics in order to become either active or inactive
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From allo- (“other”) + -steric.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
ALLOSTERIC in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 110, 7 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 10 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 110, 7 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
ALLOSTERIC starts with A and ends with C. Sorted, its letters read ACEILLORST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. L appears more than once, including a double letter.
Same letters, different word
2 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start ALLOST
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found ALLOSTERIC?
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 110 - and most players walked straight past it.
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