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RIBOSOMAL

9 letters

Definition of RIBOSOMAL

adjective

Of or relating to ribosomes.

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

From ribosome + -al.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

Word DNA

How it is built

adjectivecompound-al

The Word DNA of OUTLIER →

Rarity score
Withheld
Revealed only in play
Tier
Withheld
Find it yourself

OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

RIBOSOMAL in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 29 boards so far. 53 players have found it across Outlier's history.

Day 1Day 157
Its 29 boards, across 157 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
29
Boards found on
30
First board
157
Latest board
13
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 30, 19 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 157, 24 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.

First ever to find it

ivanhoe

on Day 30, 19 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

RIBOSOMAL
9
Letters
4
Vowels
5
Consonants
8
Different letters
1
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

RIBOSOMAL starts with R and ends with L. Sorted, its letters read ABILMOORS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once.

Words that start RIBOSO

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

Could you have found RIBOSOMAL?

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 30 - and most players walked straight past it.

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