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MORPHOGENS
Definition of MORPHOGENS
noun
plural of morphogen
noun
Any substance that governs the movement and development of cells during morphogenesis by forming a concentration gradient in the developing tissue.
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Word DNA
MORPHOGENS inherits its ancestry from its root, MORPHOGEN.
How it is built
Same root, MORPHOGEN · 1 relative in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
MORPHOGENS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 7 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 72, 31 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 142, 9 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 8 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 85, 13 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Also on
Built from these letters
MORPHOGENS starts with M and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read EGHMNOOPRS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once.
Words that start MORPHO
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found MORPHOGENS?
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 72 - and most players walked straight past it.
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