The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
DIPLOTENES
Definition of DIPLOTENES
noun
plural of diplotene
noun
The fourth stage of prophase of meiosis, during which homologous chromosome pairs begin to separate and chiasmata become visible
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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
DIPLOTENES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 120, 17 September 2026. The most recent board was Day 125, 22 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 125, 22 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
DIPLOTENES starts with D and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read DEEILNOPST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears 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.
Could you have found DIPLOTENES?
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 120 - and most players walked straight past it.
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