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PERICYTES
Definition of PERICYTES
noun
plural of pericyte
PERICYTE
noun
A type of mesenchymal cell which in aggregation forms a contractile wrapping around a capillary.
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Word DNA
PERICYTES inherits its ancestry from its root, PERICYTE.
How it is built
Same root, PERICYTE · 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.
PERICYTES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 168, 4 November 2026. The most recent board was Day 174, 10 November 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 168, 4 November 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
PERICYTES starts with P and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read CEEIPRSTY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Words that start PERICY
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found PERICYTES?
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 168 - and most players walked straight past it.
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