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MACROCYSTS
Definition of MACROCYSTS
noun
plural of macrocyst
MACROCYST
noun
An aggregate of cells of Dictyosteliida formed during sexual reproduction enclosed in a cellulose wall
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Word DNA
MACROCYSTS inherits its ancestry from its root, MACROCYST.
How it is built
Same root, MACROCYST · 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.
MACROCYSTS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 140, 7 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 19 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 140, 7 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
MACROCYSTS starts with M and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ACCMORSSTY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. C and S appear more than once.
Words that start MACROC
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found MACROCYSTS?
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 140 - and most players walked straight past it.
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