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GERMS
Definition of GERMS
noun
plural of germ
noun
The small mass of cells from which a new organism develops; a seed, bud, spore, or zygote. The embryo of a seed, especially of a seed used as a cereal or grain. See Wikipedia article on cereal germ. The small mass of cells from which a part of an organism develops, or a macroscopic but immature form of that part; a bud.
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Word DNA
GERMS inherits its ancestry from its root, GERM.
Line of descent
- Latin
- Middle French
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.7%
of traced words share this origin (26,450)
branch · 30.7% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, GERM · 10 relatives 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.
GERMS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 9 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 36, 25 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 176, 12 November 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First found by a player on Day 36, 25 June 2026.
Built from these letters
GERMS starts with G and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read EGMRS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Also seen on Day 36
Could you have found GERMS?
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 36 - and most players walked straight past it.
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