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SCLEROTIN
Definition of SCLEROTIN
noun
The crosslinked protein component of the cuticles of insects.
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Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, SCLEROTIN · 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.
SCLEROTIN in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 8 boards so far. 10 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 43, 2 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 148, 15 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 16 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 43, 2 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SCLEROTIN starts with S and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read CEILNORST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start SCLERO
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 43
Could you have found SCLEROTIN?
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 43 - and most players walked straight past it.
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