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NUCLEASE
Definition of NUCLEASE
noun
Any of several enzymes capable of cleaving the phosphodiester bonds between the nucleotide subunits of nucleic acids.
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Where it comes from
From nucleo- + -ase.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, NUCLEASE · 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.
NUCLEASE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 10 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 84, 12 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 138, 5 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 8 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 101, 29 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
NUCLEASE starts with N and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read ACEELNSU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Words that start NUCLEA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found NUCLEASE?
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 84 - and most players walked straight past it.
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