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ERYTHROPOIETINS
Definition of ERYTHROPOIETINS
noun
plural of erythropoietin
ERYTHROPOIETIN
noun
A glycoprotein hormone that functions as a cytokine for erythrocyte precursors in bone marrow.
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Word DNA
ERYTHROPOIETINS inherits its ancestry from its root, ERYTHROPOIETIN.
Line of descent
- Ancient Greek
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
3rd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
12.2%
of traced words share this origin (9,601)
branch · 12.2% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, ERYTHROPOIETIN · 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.
ERYTHROPOIETINS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 152, 19 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 7 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 152, 19 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
ERYTHROPOIETINS starts with E and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read EEHIINOOPRRSTTY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E, R, T, O and I appear more than once.
Words that start ERYTHROPOIE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
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