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SPERMATOCYTE
Definition of SPERMATOCYTE
noun
A male gametocyte, from which a spermatozoon develops.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From spermato- + -cyte.
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.
SPERMATOCYTE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 106, 3 September 2026. The most recent board was Day 120, 17 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 106, 3 September 2026.
Built from these letters
SPERMATOCYTE starts with S and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read ACEEMOPRSTTY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E and T appear more than once.
Words that start SPERMATO
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found SPERMATOCYTE?
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 106 - and most players walked straight past it.
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