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CEPHALOSPORIN
Definition of CEPHALOSPORIN
noun
Any of a class of natural and synthetic antibiotics developed from Acremonium fungi, having a cepham structure.
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Where it comes from
From translingual Cephalosporium (now Acremonium), a genus of fungi, + -in.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
CEPHALOSPORIN in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 110, 7 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 9 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 110, 7 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
CEPHALOSPORIN starts with C and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read ACEHILNOOPPRS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. P and O appear more than once.
Words that start CEPHALOSP
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
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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 110 - and most players walked straight past it.
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