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BACTERIOPHAGES
Definition of BACTERIOPHAGES
noun
plural of bacteriophage
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Word DNA
BACTERIOPHAGES inherits its ancestry from its root, BACTERIOPHAGE.
Line of descent
- French
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
5th
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
7.2%
of traced words share this origin (2,087)
branch · 15.4% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, BACTERIOPHAGE · 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.
BACTERIOPHAGES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 18 boards so far. 50 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 24, 13 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 144, 11 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.
First found by a player on Day 24, 13 June 2026.
Built from these letters
BACTERIOPHAGES starts with B and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AABCEEGHIOPRST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A and E appear more than once.
Words that start BACTERIOPH
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 24
Could you have found BACTERIOPHAGES?
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 24 - and most players walked straight past it.
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