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PHYCOBILIN
Definition of PHYCOBILIN
noun
Any of a group of bilins (pigments derived from porphyrins) found in some photosynthetic algae; they are open-chain tetrapyrroles related to mammalian bile pigments.
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Where it comes from
From international scientific vocabulary, reflecting New Latin roots/stems referring to plants and bile. By surface analysis, phyco- + bilin = phyco- + bili- + -in, although according to American Heritage Dictionary, bilin was back-formed from phycobilin (as opposed to phycobilin being derived from bilin as surface analysis suggests).
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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
PHYCOBILIN in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 92, 20 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 104, 1 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 7 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 92, 20 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
PHYCOBILIN starts with P and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read BCHIILNOPY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once.
Words that start PHYCOB
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
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