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BOTULINUM
Definition of BOTULINUM
noun
An anaerobic soil bacterium, Clostridium botulinum, that secretes the toxin botulin
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Latin botulus (“sausage”) + -īnum.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Latin
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
33.1%
of traced words share this origin (9,711)
branch · 33.1% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, BOTULINUM · 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.
BOTULINUM in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 16 boards so far. 34 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 31, 20 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 142, 9 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 6 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 31, 20 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
BOTULINUM starts with B and ends with M. Sorted, its letters read BILMNOTUU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. U appears more than once.
Words that start BOTULI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 31
Could you have found BOTULINUM?
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 31 - and most players walked straight past it.
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