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FIBROCYTE
Definition of FIBROCYTE
noun
An inactive connective tissue cell that is capable of forming collagen
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From fibro- + -cyte.
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.
FIBROCYTE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 20, 9 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 110, 7 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 10 days.
First found by a player on Day 20, 9 June 2026.
Built from these letters
FIBROCYTE starts with F and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read BCEFIORTY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start FIBROC
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 20
Could you have found FIBROCYTE?
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 20 - and most players walked straight past it.
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