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NUCLEOIDS
Definition of NUCLEOIDS
noun
plural of nucleoid
noun
The irregularly-shaped region within a prokaryote cell where the genetic material is localized
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Word DNA
NUCLEOIDS inherits its ancestry from its root, NUCLEOID.
How it is built
Same root, NUCLEOID · 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.
NUCLEOIDS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 13 boards so far. 17 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 72, 31 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 148, 15 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 12 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 73, 1 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
NUCLEOIDS starts with N and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read CDEILNOSU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start NUCLEO
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found NUCLEOIDS?
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 72 - and most players walked straight past it.
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