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PROTEOME
Definition of PROTEOME
noun
The complete set of proteins encoded by a particular genome.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Blend of protein + genome or proteo- + -ome.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, PROTEOME · 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.
PROTEOME in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 12 boards so far. 11 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 49, 8 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 158, 25 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 6 days.
First found by a player on Day 49, 8 July 2026.
Built from these letters
PROTEOME starts with P and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read EEMOOPRT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O and E appear more than once.
Words that start PROTEO
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 49
Could you have found PROTEOME?
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 49 - and most players walked straight past it.
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