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PROTEOGLYCANS
Definition of PROTEOGLYCANS
noun
plural of proteoglycan
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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.
PROTEOGLYCANS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 4 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 44, 3 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 88, 16 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 13 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 44, 3 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
PROTEOGLYCANS starts with P and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ACEGLNOOPRSTY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once.
Words that start PROTEOGLY
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 44
Could you have found PROTEOGLYCANS?
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 44 - and most players walked straight past it.
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