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MICROPHAGES
Definition of MICROPHAGES
noun
plural of microphage
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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
MICROPHAGES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 20 boards so far. 25 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 38, 27 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 102, 30 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 38, 27 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
MICROPHAGES starts with M and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ACEGHIMOPRS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start MICROPH
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 38
Could you have found MICROPHAGES?
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 38 - and most players walked straight past it.
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