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COLIPHAGES
Definition of COLIPHAGES
noun
plural of coliphage
noun
Any of several bacteriophages that can infect strains of the bacterium Escherichia coli
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Word DNA
COLIPHAGES inherits its ancestry from its root, COLIPHAGE.
How it is built
Same root, COLIPHAGE · 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.
COLIPHAGES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 21 boards so far. 24 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 30, 19 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 149, 16 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 4 days.
First found by a player on Day 30, 19 June 2026.
Built from these letters
COLIPHAGES starts with C and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ACEGHILOPS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Could you have found COLIPHAGES?
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 30 - and most players walked straight past it.
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