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BACTEREMIA
Definition of BACTEREMIA
noun
Alternative spelling of bacteraemia.
BACTERAEMIA
noun
The medical condition of having bacteria in the bloodstream.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From bacter- + -emia.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, BACTEREMIA · 1 relative in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
BACTEREMIA in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 8 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 41, 30 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 136, 3 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 18 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 41, 30 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
BACTEREMIA starts with B and ends with A. Sorted, its letters read AABCEEIMRT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A and E appear more than once.
Words that start BACTER
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 41
Could you have found BACTEREMIA?
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 41 - and most players walked straight past it.
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