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AMYLASES

8 letters

Definition of AMYLASES

noun

plural of amylase

AMYLASE

noun

Any of a class of digestive enzymes, present in saliva and also contributed to the gut by the exocrine pancreas, that break down complex carbohydrates such as starch into simpler sugars such as glucose.

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Word DNA

AMYLASES inherits its ancestry from its root, AMYLASE.

How it is built

nouncompound-aseamyl-

Same root, AMYLASE · 1 relative in the game

The Word DNA of OUTLIER →

Rarity score
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Revealed only in play
Tier
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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.

AMYLASES in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 1 board so far.

Day 1Day 176
Its one board, across 176 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
1
Boards found on
162
First board
14
Days since seen

It first turned up on Day 162, 29 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 14 days.

First ever to find it

jadasc

on Day 162, 29 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

AMYLASES
8
Letters
3
Vowels
5
Consonants
6
Different letters
3
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

AMYLASES starts with A and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AAELMSSY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A and S appear more than once.

Words that start AMYLAS

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

Could you have found AMYLASES?

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 162 - and most players walked straight past it.

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