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MICROBIAN
Definition of MICROBIAN
adjective
Of, relating to, or caused by, microbes; microbial.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From microbe + -ian.
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.
MICROBIAN in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 72, 31 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 92, 20 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 10 days.
First found by a player on Day 92, 20 August 2026.
Built from these letters
MICROBIAN starts with M and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read ABCIIMNOR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once.
Words that start MICROB
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found MICROBIAN?
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 72 - and most players walked straight past it.
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