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BACTERIOPHAGY
Definition of BACTERIOPHAGY
noun
The feeding on bacteria.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From bacterio- (“bacteria”) + -phagy (“to feed on”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
BACTERIOPHAGY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 4 boards so far. 10 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 84, 12 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 100, 28 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 84, 12 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
BACTERIOPHAGY starts with B and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read AABCEGHIOPRTY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Words that start BACTERIOP
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found BACTERIOPHAGY?
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 84 - and most players walked straight past it.
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