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SPHEROCYTE
Definition of SPHEROCYTE
noun
A red blood cell that is spherical rather than biconcave, as occurs in spherocytosis
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Where it comes from
From sphero- + -cyte.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
SPHEROCYTE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 9 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 74, 2 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 147, 14 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 13 days.
First found by a player on Day 92, 20 August 2026.
Built from these letters
SPHEROCYTE starts with S and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read CEEHOPRSTY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Words that start SPHERO
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found SPHEROCYTE?
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 74 - and most players walked straight past it.
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