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CHROMIDIUM
Definition of CHROMIDIUM
noun
A granule of extranuclear chromatin in the cytoplasm of a cell
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Where it comes from
From chromo- + -idium.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
CHROMIDIUM in OUTLIER
It has fitted 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 2, 23 May 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 139 days.
Built from these letters
CHROMIDIUM starts with C and ends with M. Sorted, its letters read CDHIIMMORU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. M and I appear more than once.
Words that start CHROMI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 2
Could you have found CHROMIDIUM?
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 2 - and most players walked straight past it.
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