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NEUTROPHILS
Definition of NEUTROPHILS
noun
plural of neutrophil
adjective
Of a cell: being more easily or more fully stained by neutral dyes than by acidic or alkaline (basic) ones.
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Word DNA
NEUTROPHILS inherits its ancestry from its root, NEUTROPHIL.
Line of descent
- German
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
8th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
3.1%
of traced words share this origin (930)
branch · 22.3% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, NEUTROPHIL · 2 relatives 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.
NEUTROPHILS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 41 boards so far. 54 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 31, 20 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 152, 19 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 31, 20 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
NEUTROPHILS starts with N and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read EHILNOPRSTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start NEUTROP
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 31
Could you have found NEUTROPHILS?
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 31 - and most players walked straight past it.
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