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IDIOBLAST
Definition of IDIOBLAST
noun
An isolated specialised cell found in the midst of an otherwise homogeneous group of cells in plant tissue.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From idio- + -blast.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, IDIOBLAST · 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.
IDIOBLAST in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 11 boards so far. 10 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 72, 31 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 138, 5 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 14 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 83, 11 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
IDIOBLAST starts with I and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read ABDIILOST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start IDIOBL
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found IDIOBLAST?
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 72 - and most players walked straight past it.
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