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RECEPTORS
Definition of RECEPTORS
noun
plural of receptor
RECEPTOR
noun
A protein on a cell wall that binds with specific molecules so that they can be absorbed into the cell in order to control certain functions.
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Word DNA
RECEPTORS inherits its ancestry from its root, RECEPTOR.
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.6%
of traced words share this origin (24,817)
branch · 30.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, RECEPTOR · 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.
RECEPTORS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 138, 5 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 24 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 138, 5 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
RECEPTORS starts with R and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read CEEOPRRST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. R and E appear more than once.
Words that start RECEPT
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found RECEPTORS?
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 138 - and most players walked straight past it.
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