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FORKHEAD
Definition of FORKHEAD
noun
A sequence of amino acids that forms a motif, in FOX proteins, that binds to DNA.
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Where it comes from
From fork + head.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, FORKHEAD · 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.
FORKHEAD in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 155, 22 October 2026. The most recent board was Day 163, 30 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 6 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 155, 22 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
FORKHEAD starts with F and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read ADEFHKOR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Could you have found FORKHEAD?
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 155 - and most players walked straight past it.
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