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ENZYME

/ˈɛn.zaɪm/6 letters

Definition of ENZYME

noun

A biomolecule that catalyses a biological chemical reaction: either a globular protein with this function or an RNA molecule with this function.

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

From German Enzym, coined 1878 by the German physiologist Wilhelm Kühne from Ancient Greek ἐν (en, “in”) + ζύμη (zúmē, “leaven”). By surface analysis, en- + zyme.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

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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.

ENZYME in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 4 boards so far.

Day 1Day 102
Its 4 boards, across 102 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
4
Boards found on
36
First board
69
Latest board
19
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 36, 25 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 69, 28 July 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 33 days.

First ever to find it

icy

on Day 36, 25 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

ENZYME
6
Letters
2
Vowels
4
Consonants
5
Different letters
4
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

ENZYME starts with E and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read EEMNYZ - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once. It uses Z - among the least common letters in written English.

Words that start ENZYME

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

Could you have found ENZYME?

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 36 - and most players walked straight past it.

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