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BACTEROIDS
Definition of BACTEROIDS
noun
plural of bacteroid
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Word DNA
BACTEROIDS inherits its ancestry from its root, BACTERIUM.
Line of descent
- Ancient Greek
- Latin
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
3rd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
12.4%
of traced words share this origin (10,655)
branch · 12.4% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, BACTERIUM · 4 relatives 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.
BACTEROIDS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 10 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 71, 30 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 176, 12 November 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 71, 30 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
BACTEROIDS starts with B and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ABCDEIORST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start BACTER
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found BACTEROIDS?
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 71 - and most players walked straight past it.
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