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HETEROPLOIDS
Definition of HETEROPLOIDS
noun
plural of heteroploid
adjective
Having a chromosome number that is neither the haploid nor the diploid number normal in the species.
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Word DNA
HETEROPLOIDS inherits its ancestry from its root, HETEROPLOID.
How it is built
Same root, HETEROPLOID · 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.
HETEROPLOIDS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 106, 3 September 2026. The most recent board was Day 128, 25 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 38 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
HETEROPLOIDS starts with H and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read DEEHILOOPRST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E and O appear more than once.
Words that start HETEROPL
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found HETEROPLOIDS?
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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