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ONCOGENES
Definition of ONCOGENES
noun
plural of oncogene
noun
Any gene that contributes to the conversion of a normal cell into a cancerous cell when mutated or expressed at high levels.
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Word DNA
ONCOGENES inherits its ancestry from its root, ONCOGEN.
How it is built
Same root, ONCOGEN · 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.
ONCOGENES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 166, 2 November 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 7 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 166, 2 November 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
ONCOGENES starts with O and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read CEEGNNOOS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O, N and E appear more than once.
Words that start ONCOGE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found ONCOGENES?
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 166 - and most players walked straight past it.
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