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COLIFORM

8 letters

Definition of COLIFORM

adjective

Of or pertaining to the bacteria that inhabit the intestines (especially the colon) of mammals.

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

From the genitive of Latin colon + -iform.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

Rarity score
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Revealed only in play
Tier
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Find it yourself

OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

COLIFORM in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 8 boards so far.

Day 1Day 120
Its 8 boards, across 120 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
8
Boards found on
74
First board
116
Latest board
16
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 74, 2 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 116, 13 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 4 days.

First found by a player on Day 74, 2 August 2026.

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Built from these letters

COLIFORM
8
Letters
3
Vowels
5
Consonants
7
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

COLIFORM starts with C and ends with M. Sorted, its letters read CFILMOOR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once.

Words that start COLIFO

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

Could you have found COLIFORM?

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 74 - and most players walked straight past it.

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