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MICROBIC
Definition of MICROBIC
adjective
microbial
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From microbe + -ic.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, MICROBE · 4 relatives 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.
MICROBIC in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 140, 7 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 18 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 140, 7 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
MICROBIC starts with M and ends with C. Sorted, its letters read BCCIIMOR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I and C appear more than once.
Words that start MICROB
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found MICROBIC?
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 140 - and most players walked straight past it.
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