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DYSTROPHIN
Definition of DYSTROPHIN
noun
A cytoplasmic structural protein that is deficient in some forms of muscular dystrophy
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From dystrophy + -in.
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.
DYSTROPHIN in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 103, 31 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 115, 12 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 4 days.
First found by a player on Day 103, 31 August 2026.
Built from these letters
DYSTROPHIN starts with D and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read DHINOPRSTY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start DYSTRO
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found DYSTROPHIN?
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 103 - and most players walked straight past it.
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