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DAUNOMYCINS
Definition of DAUNOMYCINS
noun
plural of daunomycin
DAUNORUBICIN · via daunomycin
noun
A synthetic anthracycline antibiotic C27H29NO10 which is a nitrogenous glycoside that interferes with DNA synthesis and is used in the treatment of acute leukemia and other cancers.
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Word DNA
DAUNOMYCINS inherits its ancestry from its root, DAUNOMYCIN.
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
5th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
5.3%
of traced words share this origin (4,539)
branch · 12.8% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, DAUNOMYCIN · 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.
DAUNOMYCINS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 166, 2 November 2026. The most recent board was Day 172, 8 November 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 4 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 166, 2 November 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
DAUNOMYCINS starts with D and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ACDIMNNOSUY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. N appears more than once.
Words that start DAUNOMY
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found DAUNOMYCINS?
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 166 - and most players walked straight past it.
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