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NUCLEOSOME
Definition of NUCLEOSOME
noun
Any of the subunits that repeat in chromatin; a coil of DNA surrounding a core of eight histones.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From nucleo- + -some, and to evoke the older name nu body. Coined by P. Oudet et al. in 1975 (see quotation below).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
NUCLEOSOME in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 93, 21 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 95, 23 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 17 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 93, 21 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
NUCLEOSOME starts with N and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read CEELMNOOSU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E and O appear more than once.
Words that start NUCLEO
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found NUCLEOSOME?
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 93 - and most players walked straight past it.
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