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NEPHROCYTES
Definition of NEPHROCYTES
noun
plural of nephrocyte
noun
A specialized cell, especially in arthropods, whose function involves the accumulation or formation of waste or excretory products.
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Word DNA
NEPHROCYTES inherits its ancestry from its root, NEPHROCYTE.
How it is built
Same root, NEPHROCYTE · 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.
NEPHROCYTES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 168, 4 November 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 6 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 168, 4 November 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
NEPHROCYTES starts with N and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read CEEHNOPRSTY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Same letters, different word
2 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Could you have found NEPHROCYTES?
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 168 - and most players walked straight past it.
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