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IRIDOCYTE

9 letters

Definition of IRIDOCYTE

noun

A cell, found in some animals, that is filled with iridescent crystals of guanine

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

From irido- + -cyte.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

Rarity score
Withheld
Revealed only in play
Tier
Withheld
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.

IRIDOCYTE in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 2 boards so far.

Day 1Day 106
Its 2 boards, across 106 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
2
Boards found on
72
First board
106
Latest board
34
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 72, 31 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 106, 3 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.

First ever to find it

agent_snow

on Day 106, 3 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

IRIDOCYTE
9
Letters
4
Vowels
5
Consonants
8
Different letters
3
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

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

Words that start IRIDOC

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

Could you have found IRIDOCYTE?

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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