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CERAMIDES
Definition of CERAMIDES
noun
plural 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
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Word DNA
CERAMIDES inherits its ancestry from its root, CERAMIDE.
Line of descent
- Latin
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
33%
of traced words share this origin (9,764)
branch · 33% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, CERAMIDE · 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.
CERAMIDES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 17 boards so far. 21 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 49, 8 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 145, 12 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 5 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 49, 8 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
CERAMIDES starts with C and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ACDEEIMRS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Same letters, different word
2 other words use 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 49
Could you have found CERAMIDES?
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 49 - and most players walked straight past it.
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