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PACHYTENE
Definition of PACHYTENE
noun
The third stage of prophase 1 of meiosis, during which the chromosomes shorten and divide into four chromatids.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From French pachytène, equivalent to pachy- (“thick”) + -tene (“ribbon”). Coined by Hans von De Winiwarter in 1900 and in English by Edmund B. Wilson in 1912.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- French
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
5th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
7.2%
of traced words share this origin (2,155)
branch · 15.5% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, PACHYTENE · 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.
PACHYTENE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 9 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 53, 12 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 149, 16 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 77, 5 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
PACHYTENE starts with P and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read ACEEHNPTY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Also seen on Day 53
Could you have found PACHYTENE?
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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