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MICROARRAY
Definition of MICROARRAY
noun
Any of several devices, containing a two-dimensional array of small quantities of biological material, used for various types of assay; the assay itself
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Where it comes from
From micro- + array.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, MICROARRAY · 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.
MICROARRAY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 155, 22 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 5 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 155, 22 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
MICROARRAY starts with M and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read AACIMORRRY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. R and A appear more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start MICROA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found MICROARRAY?
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 155 - and most players walked straight past it.
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