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NEUTROPHIL
Definition of NEUTROPHIL
adjective
Of a cell: being more easily or more fully stained by neutral dyes than by acidic or alkaline (basic) ones.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From German Neutrophil, from neutro- (“neutro-”) + -phil (“-phile”), equivalent to neutro- + -phil.
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.
NEUTROPHIL in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 25 boards so far. 36 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 14, 3 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 102, 30 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 14, 3 June 2026.
Built from these letters
NEUTROPHIL starts with N and ends with L. Sorted, its letters read EHILNOPRTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start NEUTRO
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found NEUTROPHIL?
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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