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EUBACTERIUM
Definition of EUBACTERIUM
noun
Any bacterium considered to be within the obsolete taxonomic subkingdom Eubacteria.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From eu- + bacterium.
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.
EUBACTERIUM in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 31, 20 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 97, 25 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 5 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 31, 20 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
EUBACTERIUM starts with E and ends with M. Sorted, its letters read ABCEEIMRTUU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E and U appear more than once.
Also seen on Day 31
Could you have found EUBACTERIUM?
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 31 - and most players walked straight past it.
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