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NUCLEOTIDES
Definition of NUCLEOTIDES
noun
plural of nucleotide
noun
The monomer constituting DNA or RNA biopolymer molecules. Each nucleotide consists of a nitrogenous heterocyclic base (or nucleobase), which can be either a double-ringed purine or a single-ringed pyrimidine; a five-carbon pentose sugar (deoxyribose in DNA or ribose in RNA); and a phosphate group.
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Word DNA
NUCLEOTIDES inherits its ancestry from its root, NUCLEOTIDE.
How it is built
Same root, NUCLEOTIDE · 1 relative in the game
Its etymology also names Latin.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
NUCLEOTIDES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 50 boards so far. 97 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 14, 3 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 145, 12 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 6 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 14, 3 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
NUCLEOTIDES starts with N and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read CDEEILNOSTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Words that start NUCLEOT
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 14
Could you have found NUCLEOTIDES?
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 14 - and most players walked straight past it.
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