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HETEROZYGOUS
Definition of HETEROZYGOUS
adjective
Of an organism: having two different alleles in a given gene.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From hetero- + -zygous.
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.
HETEROZYGOUS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 36, 25 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 69, 28 July 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 33 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
HETEROZYGOUS starts with H and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read EEGHOORSTUYZ - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E and O appear more than once. It uses Z - among the least common letters in written English.
Words that start HETEROZY
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 36
Could you have found HETEROZYGOUS?
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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