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MASTIGOPHORAN
Definition of MASTIGOPHORAN
noun
Any member of superclass Mastigophora of protozoa.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
By surface analysis, mastigo- + -phore + -an.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
MASTIGOPHORAN in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 95, 23 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 105, 2 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 15 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 95, 23 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
MASTIGOPHORAN starts with M and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read AAGHIMNOOPRST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A and O appear more than once.
Words that start MASTIGOPH
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found MASTIGOPHORAN?
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 95 - and most players walked straight past it.
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