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BACTERIOPHAGIES
Definition of BACTERIOPHAGIES
Wiktionary has no entry for BACTERIOPHAGIES itself. This is its base word, BACTERIOPHAGY.
noun
The feeding on bacteria.
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Where it comes from
The origin recorded for BACTERIOPHAGY.
From bacterio- (“bacteria”) + -phagy (“to feed on”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, BACTERIOPHAGY · 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.
BACTERIOPHAGIES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 9 boards so far. 13 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 77, 5 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 143, 10 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 5 days.
First found by a player on Day 81, 9 August 2026.
Built from these letters
BACTERIOPHAGIES starts with B and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AABCEEGHIIOPRST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A, E and I appear more than once.
Words that start BACTERIOPHA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found BACTERIOPHAGIES?
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 77 - and most players walked straight past it.
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