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MICROPHAGE
Definition of MICROPHAGE
noun
A small phagocyte, especially a polymorphonuclear leucocyte (a granulocyte)
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Other senses
MICROPHAGE carries 3 further meanings.
noun
A small phagocyte.
noun
A small phagocyte, especially a polymorphonuclear leucocyte
noun
a neutrophil that ingests small things (as bacteria)
Where it comes from
From micro- + -phage.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, MICROPHAGE · 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.
MICROPHAGE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 44 boards so far. 172 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 9, 29 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 154, 21 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First found by a player on Day 9, 29 May 2026.
Built from these letters
MICROPHAGE starts with M and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read ACEGHIMOPR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start MICROP
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 9
Could you have found MICROPHAGE?
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 9 - and most players walked straight past it.
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