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LACTAMS
Definition of LACTAMS
noun
plural of lactam
noun
Any of a class of cyclic amides that are the nitrogen analogs of lactones, formed by heating amino acids; the tautomeric enol forms are known as lactims.
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Word DNA
LACTAMS inherits its ancestry from its root, LACTAM.
How it is built
Same root, LACTAM · 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.
LACTAMS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 79, 7 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 155, 22 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 5 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 79, 7 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
LACTAMS starts with L and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AACLMST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Could you have found LACTAMS?
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 79 - and most players walked straight past it.
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