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MITOCHONDRIAL
Definition of MITOCHONDRIAL
adjective
Of, or relating to mitochondria.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From mitochondria + -al.
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.
MITOCHONDRIAL in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 27 boards so far. 71 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 20, 9 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 96, 24 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 20, 9 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
MITOCHONDRIAL starts with M and ends with L. Sorted, its letters read ACDHIILMNOORT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I and O appear more than once.
Words that start MITOCHOND
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 20
Could you have found MITOCHONDRIAL?
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 20 - and most players walked straight past it.
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