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SEMANTIDE
Definition of SEMANTIDE
noun
A macromolecule common to all cells, used in phylogeny because they change slowly over time.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From semanto- + -ide. Coined by Linus Pauling and Emile Zuckerkandl.
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.
SEMANTIDE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 75, 3 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 20 days.
Built from these letters
SEMANTIDE starts with S and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read ADEEIMNST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Same letters, different word
3 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start SEMANT
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found SEMANTIDE?
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 75 - and most players walked straight past it.
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