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BACILLUS
Definition of BACILLUS
noun
Any of various rod-shaped, spore-forming aerobic bacteria in the genus Bacillus, some of which cause disease.
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Where it comes from
Learned borrowing from Latin bacillus (“little staff, wand”), diminutive of baculum (“stick, staff, walking stick”).
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.
BACILLUS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 110, 7 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 110, 7 September 2026.
Built from these letters
BACILLUS starts with B and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ABCILLSU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. L appears more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start BACILL
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
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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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