The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
MICROTUBULE
Definition of MICROTUBULE
noun
A small tube made of protein and found in cells; part of the cytoskeleton.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From micro- + tubule.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
MICROTUBULE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 48, 7 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 103, 31 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 48, 7 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
MICROTUBULE starts with M and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read BCEILMORTUU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. U appears more than once.
Words that start MICROTU
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 48
Could you have found MICROTUBULE?
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 48 - and most players walked straight past it.
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