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NUCLEASES
Definition of NUCLEASES
noun
plural of nuclease
noun
Any of several enzymes capable of cleaving the phosphodiester bonds between the nucleotide subunits of nucleic acids.
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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
NUCLEASES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 124, 21 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 124, 21 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
NUCLEASES starts with N and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ACEELNSSU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E and S appear more than once.
Words that start NUCLEA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found NUCLEASES?
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 124 - and most players walked straight past it.
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