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CISTERNAE
Definition of CISTERNAE
noun
plural of cisterna
noun
Any of the various membranes sections comprising some organelles like the Golgi apparatus and the endoplasmic reticulum.
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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.
CISTERNAE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 12 boards so far. 12 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 40, 29 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 149, 16 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First found by a player on Day 40, 29 June 2026.
Built from these letters
CISTERNAE starts with C and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read ACEEINRST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Same letters, different word
5 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start CISTER
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 40
Could you have found CISTERNAE?
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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