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FERRITIN
Definition of FERRITIN
noun
Any of a family of iron-carrying globular protein complexes consisting of 24 protein subunits; the key protein of intracellular iron storage.
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Where it comes from
From Latin ferrātus (“iron-bearing”) and -in; compare also ferri- and ferro-.
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.
FERRITIN in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 90, 18 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 12 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 90, 18 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
FERRITIN starts with F and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read EFIINRRT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. R and I appear more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start FERRIT
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found FERRITIN?
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 90 - and most players walked straight past it.
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