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CTENOPHORES
Definition of CTENOPHORES
noun
plural of ctenophore
noun
Any of various marine animals of the phylum Ctenophora, having lucent, mucilaginous bodies bearing eight rows of comblike cilia used for swimming.
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Word DNA
CTENOPHORES inherits its ancestry from its root, CTENOPHORE.
How it is built
Same root, CTENOPHORE · 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.
CTENOPHORES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 27 boards so far. 42 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 42, 1 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 149, 16 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 5 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 42, 1 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
CTENOPHORES starts with C and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read CEEHNOOPRST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E and O appear more than once.
Words that start CTENOPH
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 42
Could you have found CTENOPHORES?
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 42 - and most players walked straight past it.
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