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OVALBUMIN
Definition of OVALBUMIN
noun
A glycoprotein which is the primary constituent of egg white.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Late Latin ovi albumen (“egg white”), + -in.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Latin
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.7%
of traced words share this origin (23,888)
branch · 30.7% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, OVALBUMIN · 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.
OVALBUMIN in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 5 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 103, 31 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 137, 4 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 18 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 103, 31 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
OVALBUMIN starts with O and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read ABILMNOUV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Could you have found OVALBUMIN?
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 103 - and most players walked straight past it.
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