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CYTOPLASM
Definition of CYTOPLASM
noun
The contents of a cell except for the nucleus. It includes cytosol, organelles, vesicles, and the cytoskeleton.
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Where it comes from
Borrowed from German Zytoplasma, Cytoplasma. Equivalent to cyto- (“cell”) + -plasm (“contents of a cell”).
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.
CYTOPLASM in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 41 boards so far. 144 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 9, 29 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 102, 30 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 9, 29 May 2026.
Built from these letters
CYTOPLASM starts with C and ends with M. Sorted, its letters read ACLMOPSTY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start CYTOPL
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 9
Could you have found CYTOPLASM?
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 9 - and most players walked straight past it.
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