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DIPLOIDS
Definition of DIPLOIDS
noun
plural of diploid
adjective
Of a cell, having a pair of each type of chromosome, one of the pair being derived from the ovum and the other from the spermatozoon. Most somatic cells of higher organisms are diploid.
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Word DNA
DIPLOIDS inherits its ancestry from its root, DIPLOID.
How it is built
Same root, DIPLOID · 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.
DIPLOIDS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 76, 4 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 152, 19 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 9 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 76, 4 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
DIPLOIDS starts with D and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read DDIILOPS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. D and I appear more than once.
Words that start DIPLOI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found DIPLOIDS?
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 76 - and most players walked straight past it.
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