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CENTRIOLES
Definition of CENTRIOLES
noun
plural of centriole
noun
A barrel-shaped microtubule structure found in most animal cells, important in the process of mitosis (nuclear division).
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Word DNA
CENTRIOLES inherits its ancestry from its root, CENTRIOLE.
Line of descent
- Latin
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.7%
of traced words share this origin (23,888)
branch · 30.7% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, CENTRIOLE · 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.
CENTRIOLES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 13 boards so far. 15 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 27, 16 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 136, 3 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 19 days.
First found by a player on Day 27, 16 June 2026.
Built from these letters
CENTRIOLES starts with C and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read CEEILNORST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E 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 CENTRI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 27
Could you have found CENTRIOLES?
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 27 - and most players walked straight past it.
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