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COSMID
Definition of COSMID
noun
A type of plasmid (often used as a cloning vector) constructed by the insertion of cos sequences, which are DNA sequences of the lambda phage.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Blend of cos + plasmid.
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.
COSMID in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 79, 7 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 119, 16 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 79, 7 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
COSMID starts with C and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read CDIMOS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start COSMID
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found COSMID?
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 79 - and most players walked straight past it.
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