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GRANULOMA
Definition of GRANULOMA
noun
An inflammatory nodule consisting of histiocytes (macrophages) attempting to wall off substances they perceive as foreign but are unable to eliminate, such as certain infectious organisms as well as other materials such as foreign objects, keratin and suture fragments.
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Where it comes from
From granule + -oma. Among the many words derived from -oma that are in current common use, this word is one of only a few that do not denote a neoplasm; another is hematoma.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, GRANULOMA · 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.
GRANULOMA in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 25 boards so far. 43 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 32, 21 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 144, 11 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 32, 21 June 2026.
Built from these letters
GRANULOMA starts with G and ends with A. Sorted, its letters read AAGLMNORU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Words that start GRANUL
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 32
Could you have found GRANULOMA?
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 32 - and most players walked straight past it.
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