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MACROPHAGES
Definition of MACROPHAGES
noun
plural 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.
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Word DNA
MACROPHAGES inherits its ancestry from its root, MACROPHAGE.
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 (3,706)
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.
MACROPHAGES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 37 boards so far. 106 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 29, 18 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 144, 11 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 5 days.
First found by a player on Day 29, 18 June 2026.
Built from these letters
MACROPHAGES starts with M and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AACEGHMOPRS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Words that start MACROPH
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 29
Could you have found MACROPHAGES?
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 29 - and most players walked straight past it.
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