The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
MICROTOME
Definition of MICROTOME
noun
A special instrument that produces very thin slices of plant and animal tissues, for later examination by light microscope or electron microscope.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Could be construed as either micro + -tome (“instrument for cutting”) or micro- + tome.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
MICROTOME in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 166, 2 November 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 166, 2 November 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
MICROTOME starts with M and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read CEIMMOORT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. M and O appear more than once.
Words that start MICROT
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found MICROTOME?
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 166 - and most players walked straight past it.
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