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NITROGENASE
Definition of NITROGENASE
noun
Any enzyme, especially in nitrogen-fixing bacteria, that catalyzes the conversion of atmospheric nitrogen into ammonia.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From nitrogen + -ase.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
NITROGENASE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 132, 29 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 10 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 132, 29 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
NITROGENASE starts with N and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read AEEGINNORST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. N and E appear 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.
Words that start NITROGE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found NITROGENASE?
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 132 - and most players walked straight past it.
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