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BACTERIOCIN
Definition of BACTERIOCIN
noun
Any of a class of antibiotic toxins, produced by some bacteria, that target closely related bacteria
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From bacterio- + -cin, from English colicin.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
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.
BACTERIOCIN in OUTLIER
It has fitted 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 3, 24 May 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 143 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 140, 7 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
BACTERIOCIN starts with B and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read ABCCEIINORT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. C and I appear more than once.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start BACTERI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 3
Could you have found BACTERIOCIN?
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 3 - and most players walked straight past it.
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