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HETEROPLOID
Definition of HETEROPLOID
adjective
Having a chromosome number that is neither the haploid nor the diploid number normal in the species.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From hetero- + -ploid.
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.
HETEROPLOID in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 36, 25 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 75, 3 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 45 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 36, 25 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
HETEROPLOID starts with H and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read DEEHILOOPRT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E and O appear more than once.
Words that start HETEROP
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 36
Could you have found HETEROPLOID?
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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