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NEOBLAST
Definition of NEOBLAST
noun
A large, undifferentiated cell of annelid worms that participate in regeneration of lost parts.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From neo- + -blast.
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.
NEOBLAST in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 9 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 46, 5 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 119, 16 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 46, 5 July 2026.
Built from these letters
NEOBLAST starts with N and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read ABELNOST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
2 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start NEOBLA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 46
Could you have found NEOBLAST?
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 46 - and most players walked straight past it.
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