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PANSPERMIA
Definition of PANSPERMIA
noun
The hypothesis that microorganisms may transmit life from outer space to habitable bodies; or the process of such transmission.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From panspermy + -ia.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
PANSPERMIA in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 152, 19 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 24 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 152, 19 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
PANSPERMIA starts with P and ends with A. Sorted, its letters read AAEIMNPPRS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. P and A appear more than once.
Words that start PANSPE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found PANSPERMIA?
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 152 - and most players walked straight past it.
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