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BACTERIOIDS
Definition of BACTERIOIDS
noun
plural of bacterioid
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Word DNA
BACTERIOIDS inherits its ancestry from its root, BACTERIOID.
How it is built
Same root, BACTERIOID · 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.
BACTERIOIDS in OUTLIER
It has fitted 13 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 1, 22 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 53, 12 July 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 88 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 79, 7 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
BACTERIOIDS starts with B and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ABCDEIIORST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears 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.
Could you have found BACTERIOIDS?
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 1 - and most players walked straight past it.
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