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MICROCYTES
Definition of MICROCYTES
noun
plural of microcyte
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Word DNA
MICROCYTES inherits its ancestry from its root, MICROCYTE.
How it is built
Same root, MICROCYTE · 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.
MICROCYTES 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 30 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
MICROCYTES starts with M and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read CCEIMORSTY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. C appears more than once.
Words that start MICROC
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found MICROCYTES?
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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