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SPERMATOZOID
Definition of SPERMATOZOID
noun
A motile, ciliated male gamete produced in the antheridium of an alga, fern or gymnosperm.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From spermatozoon + -id.
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.
SPERMATOZOID in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 69, 28 July 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 51 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 69, 28 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SPERMATOZOID starts with S and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read ADEIMOOPRSTZ - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once. It uses Z - among the least common letters in written English.
Words that start SPERMATO
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found SPERMATOZOID?
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 69 - and most players walked straight past it.
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