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DIATOM
Definition of DIATOM
noun
Any of a group of minute unicellular algae having a siliceous covering of great delicacy, now categorized as class Diatomophyceae or division Bacillariophyta.
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Where it comes from
From (deprecated) genus name Diatoma, from Ancient Greek διάτομος (diátomos, “cut through, cut in half”).
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.
DIATOM in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 33 boards so far. 53 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 12, 1 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 97, 25 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First found by a player on Day 12, 1 June 2026.
Built from these letters
DIATOM starts with D and ends with M. Sorted, its letters read ADIMOT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start DIATOM
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 12
Could you have found DIATOM?
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 12 - and most players walked straight past it.
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