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DENDRITES
Definition of DENDRITES
noun
plural of dendrite
noun
A slender projection of a nerve cell which conducts nerve impulses from a synapse to the body of the cell; a dendron.
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Word DNA
DENDRITES inherits its ancestry from its root, DENDRITE.
Line of descent
- Ancient Greek
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
2nd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
12.6%
of traced words share this origin (3,706)
branch · 12.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, DENDRITE · 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.
DENDRITES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 5 boards so far. 63 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 90, 18 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 145, 12 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 5 days.
First found by a player on Day 90, 18 August 2026.
Built from these letters
DENDRITES starts with D and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read DDEEINRST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. D and E appear more than once.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start DENDRI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found DENDRITES?
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 90 - and most players walked straight past it.
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