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BACTERIC
Definition of BACTERIC
adjective
Of or relating to bacteria.
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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.
BACTERIC in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 137, 4 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
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
BACTERIC starts with B and ends with C. Sorted, its letters read ABCCEIRT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. C appears more than once.
Words that start BACTER
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found BACTERIC?
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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