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MACROPHAGE
Definition of MACROPHAGE
noun
A white blood cell that phagocytizes necrotic cell debris and foreign material, including viruses, bacteria, and tattoo ink. It presents foreign antigens on MHC II to lymphocytes. Part of the innate immune system.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From macro- + -phage, both from Ancient Greek.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Ancient Greek
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
2nd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
12.6%
of traced words share this origin (3,724)
branch · 12.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, MACROPHAGE · 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.
MACROPHAGE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 29 boards so far. 99 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 9, 29 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 150, 17 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 9, 29 May 2026.
Built from these letters
MACROPHAGE starts with M and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read AACEGHMOPR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Words that start MACROP
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 9
Could you have found MACROPHAGE?
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 9 - and most players walked straight past it.
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