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BACTERIOLOGIES
Definition of BACTERIOLOGIES
noun
plural of bacteriology
noun
The scientific study of bacteria, especially in relation to disease and agriculture.
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Word DNA
BACTERIOLOGIES inherits its ancestry from its root, BACTERIOLOGY.
How it is built
Same root, BACTERIOLOGY · 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.
BACTERIOLOGIES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 5 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 89, 17 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 130, 27 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 26 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 89, 17 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
BACTERIOLOGIES starts with B and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ABCEEGIILOORST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E, I and O appear more than once.
Words that start BACTERIOLO
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found BACTERIOLOGIES?
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 89 - and most players walked straight past it.
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