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PERIPLASM
Definition of PERIPLASM
noun
The region between the plasma membrane and the outer membrane or cell wall.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From peri- + -plasm. Coined by Peter D. Mitchell in 1961.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
PERIPLASM in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 110, 7 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 10 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 110, 7 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
PERIPLASM starts with P and ends with M. Sorted, its letters read AEILMPPRS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. P appears more than once.
Words that start PERIPL
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found PERIPLASM?
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 110 - and most players walked straight past it.
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