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IDIOTYPE

/ˈɪ.diː.oʊ.taɪp/8 letters

Definition of IDIOTYPE

noun

A characteristic shared by a group of immunoglobulin or T-cell receptor molecules, based on the antigen-binding specificity of their variable region; and thus, the resultant immunologic phenotype, which can often be specific to a person or to only a small percentage of people.

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

From idio- + type.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

Rarity score
Withheld
Revealed only in play
Tier
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Find it yourself

OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

IDIOTYPE in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 3 boards so far.

Day 1Day 102
Its 3 boards, across 102 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
3
Boards found on
65
First board
102
Latest board
30
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 65, 24 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 102, 30 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.

First ever to find it

darby_ogill

on Day 65, 24 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

IDIOTYPE
8
Letters
4
Vowels
4
Consonants
7
Different letters
3
Longest consonant run
2
Longest vowel run

IDIOTYPE starts with I and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read DEIIOPTY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once.

Words that start IDIOTY

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

IDIOTYPESIDIOTYPIC

Could you have found IDIOTYPE?

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 65 - and most players walked straight past it.

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