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LEUKOCYTE

/ˈluːkə(ʊ)sʌɪt/9 letters

Definition of LEUKOCYTE

noun

Any of a class of blood cells that play various roles in cell-mediated immunity.

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

From leuko- + -cyte.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

Word DNA

How it is built

noun4 syllablescompound-cyteleuko-

Same root, LEUKOCYTE · 1 relative in the game

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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.

LEUKOCYTE in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 24 boards so far. 73 players have found it across Outlier's history.

Day 1Day 156
Its 24 boards, across 156 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
24
Boards found on
31
First board
156
Latest board
42
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 31, 20 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 156, 23 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.

First ever to find it

sedimentary_j

on Day 31, 20 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

LEUKOCYTE
9
Letters
4
Vowels
5
Consonants
8
Different letters
3
Longest consonant run
2
Longest vowel run

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

Words that start LEUKOC

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

LEUKOCIDINLEUKOCYTESLEUKOCYTICLEUKOCIDINSLEUKOCYTOSESLEUKOCYTOSISLEUKOCYTOPENIALEUKOCYTOSISES

Could you have found LEUKOCYTE?

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 31 - and most players walked straight past it.

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