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BACTIN
Definition of BACTIN
noun
A type of siderophore produced by certain bacteria, such as those in the genus Rhodococcus.
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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.
BACTIN in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 147, 14 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 26 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 147, 14 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
BACTIN starts with B and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read ABCINT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Could you have found BACTIN?
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 147 - and most players walked straight past it.
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