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PHAGOCYTES
Definition of PHAGOCYTES
noun
plural of phagocyte
noun
A cell of the immune system, such as a neutrophil, macrophage or dendritic cell, that engulfs and destroys viruses, bacteria and waste materials, or in the case of mature dendritic cells; displays antigens from invading pathogens to cells of the lymphoid lineage.
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Another sense
PHAGOCYTES carries a second meaning.
noun
Plural form of phagocyte.
Word DNA
PHAGOCYTES inherits its ancestry from its root, PHAGOCYTE.
Line of descent
- German
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
8th
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
3.1%
of traced words share this origin (900)
branch · 22.3% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, PHAGOCYTE · 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.
PHAGOCYTES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 44 boards so far. 96 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 12, 1 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 144, 11 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 12, 1 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
PHAGOCYTES starts with P and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ACEGHOPSTY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start PHAGOC
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 12
Could you have found PHAGOCYTES?
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 12 - and most players walked straight past it.
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