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BASOPHIL
Definition of BASOPHIL
noun
Any cell that has granules stained by basic stains. A white blood cell responsible for inflammatory reactions during immune response. One of the endocrine basophilic cells of the adenohypophysis, including gonadotrophs and thyrotrophs.
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Where it comes from
From baso- + -phil.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
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.
BASOPHIL in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 41 boards so far. 50 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 14, 3 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 165, 1 November 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First found by a player on Day 14, 3 June 2026.
Built from these letters
BASOPHIL starts with B and ends with L. Sorted, its letters read ABHILOPS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start BASOPH
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 14
Could you have found BASOPHIL?
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 14 - and most players walked straight past it.
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