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RIBOSOME

/ˈɹaɪbəˌsəʊm/8 letters

Definition of RIBOSOME

noun

A small organelle found in all cells; involved in the production of proteins by translating messenger RNA.

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

From ribo- + -some.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

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.

RIBOSOME in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 30 boards so far. 81 players have found it across Outlier's history.

Day 1Day 102
Its 30 boards, across 102 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
30
Boards found on
8
First board
99
Latest board
14
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 8, 29 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 99, 27 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.

First found by a player on Day 8, 29 May 2026.

Built from these letters

RIBOSOME
8
Letters
4
Vowels
4
Consonants
7
Different letters
1
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

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

Same letters, different word

One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.

Words that start RIBOSO

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

RIBOSOMALRIBOSOMES

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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 8 - and most players walked straight past it.

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