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CECROPIN
Definition of CECROPIN
noun
Any of a group of antimicrobial peptides that lyse bacterial cell membranes.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From cecropia + -in.
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.
CECROPIN in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 140, 7 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 18 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 140, 7 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
CECROPIN starts with C and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read CCEINOPR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. C appears more than once.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start CECROP
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found CECROPIN?
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 140 - and most players walked straight past it.
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