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OOMYCETE

8 letters

Definition of OOMYCETE

noun

Any of a number of filamentous unicellular protists of the class Oomycetes; the water molds.

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

From oo- + -mycete.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

Rarity score
Withheld
Revealed only in play
Tier
Withheld
Find it yourself

OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

OOMYCETE in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 6 boards so far.

Day 1Day 120
Its 6 boards, across 120 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
6
Boards found on
53
First board
119
Latest board
41
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 53, 12 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 119, 16 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.

First ever to find it

redeft

on Day 53, 12 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

OOMYCETE
8
Letters
4
Vowels
4
Consonants
6
Different letters
3
Longest consonant run
2
Longest vowel run

OOMYCETE starts with O and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read CEEMOOTY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O and E appear more than once, including a double letter.

Words that start OOMYCE

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

Could you have found OOMYCETE?

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 53 - and most players walked straight past it.

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