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EPISOME
Definition of EPISOME
noun
A segment of DNA that can exist and replicate either autonomously in the cytoplasm or as part of a chromosome, mainly found in bacteria.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From epi- + -some (“nucleic unit”).
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.
EPISOME in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 4 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 48, 7 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 97, 25 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 23 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 48, 7 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
EPISOME starts with E and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read EEIMOPS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Words that start EPISOM
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 48
Could you have found EPISOME?
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 48 - and most players walked straight past it.
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