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SCLEROTIUM
Definition of SCLEROTIUM
noun
A compact mass of hardened mycelium stored with reserve food material that, in some higher fungi such as ergot, becomes detached and remains dormant until a favourable opportunity for growth occurs.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From New Latin sclerotium, from Ancient Greek σκληρός (sklērós, “hard”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
SCLEROTIUM in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 6 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 55, 14 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 120, 17 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 55, 14 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SCLEROTIUM starts with S and ends with M. Sorted, its letters read CEILMORSTU - 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 55
Could you have found SCLEROTIUM?
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 55 - and most players walked straight past it.
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