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SPERMATIDS
Definition of SPERMATIDS
noun
plural of spermatid
noun
A haploid cell, produced by meiosis of a spermatocyte, that develops into a spermatozoon
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Word DNA
SPERMATIDS inherits its ancestry from its root, SPERMATID.
How it is built
Same root, SPERMATID · 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.
SPERMATIDS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 172, 8 November 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 172, 8 November 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SPERMATIDS starts with S and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ADEIMPRSST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. S 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 SPERMA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found SPERMATIDS?
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 172 - and most players walked straight past it.
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