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PEPTID

6 letters

Definition of PEPTID

noun

Archaic form of peptide.

PEPTIDE

noun

Any of a class of organic compounds consisting of various numbers of amino acids in which the amine of one is reacted with the carboxylic acid of the next to form an amide bond. Such molecules joined into polypeptides and proteins constitute crucial components of living organisms.

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Word DNA

PEPTID inherits its ancestry from its root, PEPTIDE.

Line of descent

  1. Ancient Greek
  2. German
  3. English

2 recorded generations before English.

Ancient Greek

Deepest traced root

3rd

of 59 source languages in OUTLIER

12.3%

of traced words share this origin (10,469)

Hellenic

branch · 12.3% of traced words

How it is built

noun

Same root, PEPTIDE · 5 relatives in the game

Every Ancient Greek word → · The Word DNA of OUTLIER →

Rarity score
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Tier
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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.

PEPTID in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 1 board so far.

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Boards found on
159
First board
13
Days since seen

It first turned up on Day 159, 26 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 13 days.

First ever to find it

the_werellama

on Day 159, 26 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

PEPTID
6
Letters
2
Vowels
4
Consonants
5
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

PEPTID starts with P and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read DEIPPT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. P appears more than once.

Same letters, different word

One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.

Words that start PEPTID

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

Could you have found PEPTID?

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