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LYSATE
Definition of LYSATE
noun
All the material formed by the lysis of cells.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From lyse + -ate (noun-forming suffix).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
LYSATE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 23 boards so far. 25 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 34, 23 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 136, 3 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 18 days.
First found by a player on Day 34, 23 June 2026.
Built from these letters
LYSATE starts with L and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read AELSTY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
2 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start LYSATE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 34
Could you have found LYSATE?
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 34 - and most players walked straight past it.
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