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MITOCHONDRIA
Definition of MITOCHONDRIA
noun
plural of mitochondrion
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From mitochondrion + -a.
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.
MITOCHONDRIA in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 31 boards so far. 106 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 14, 3 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 96, 24 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First found by a player on Day 14, 3 June 2026.
Built from these letters
MITOCHONDRIA starts with M and ends with A. Sorted, its letters read ACDHIIMNOORT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I and O appear more than once.
Words that start MITOCHON
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 14
Could you have found MITOCHONDRIA?
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 14 - and most players walked straight past it.
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