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HEPATOCYTE
Definition of HEPATOCYTE
noun
Any of the cells in the liver responsible for the metabolism of protein, carbohydrate and lipid and for detoxification.
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Where it comes from
From hepato- + -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.
HEPATOCYTE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 106, 3 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 106, 3 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
HEPATOCYTE starts with H and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read ACEEHOPTTY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E and T appear more than once.
Words that start HEPATO
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found HEPATOCYTE?
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 106 - and most players walked straight past it.
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