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BACTERIOLYSIN
Definition of BACTERIOLYSIN
noun
Any antibody that causes lysis of the cells of a bacterium
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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.
BACTERIOLYSIN in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 175, 11 November 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 175, 11 November 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
BACTERIOLYSIN starts with B and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read ABCEIILNORSTY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once.
Words that start BACTERIOL
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found BACTERIOLYSIN?
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 175 - and most players walked straight past it.
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