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CERAMIDE
Definition of CERAMIDE
noun
Any of various lipids formed by linking a fatty acid to sphingosine and found widely but in small amounts in plant and animal tissue
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Blend of cerebroside + amide, or from Latin cēra (“wax”) + amide.
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.
CERAMIDE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 4 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 40, 29 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 93, 21 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 40, 29 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
CERAMIDE starts with C and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read ACDEEIMR - 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 CERAMI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 40
Could you have found CERAMIDE?
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 40 - and most players walked straight past it.
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