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CHOLESTEROL
Definition of CHOLESTEROL
noun
A sterol lipid synthesized by the liver and transported in the bloodstream to the membranes of all animal cells; it plays a central role in many biochemical processes and, as a lipoprotein that coats the walls of blood vessels, is associated with cardiovascular disease.
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Where it comes from
Borrowed from French cholestérol.
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.
CHOLESTEROL in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 118, 15 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 118, 15 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
CHOLESTEROL starts with C and ends with L. Sorted, its letters read CEEHLLOORST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O, L and E appear more than once.
Words that start CHOLEST
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found CHOLESTEROL?
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 118 - and most players walked straight past it.
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