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SPOROCYTE
Definition of SPOROCYTE
noun
A cell that produces haploid spores during meiosis
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From sporo- + -cyte.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, SPOROCYTE · 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.
SPOROCYTE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 4 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 58, 17 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 168, 4 November 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 9 days.
First found by a player on Day 58, 17 July 2026.
Built from these letters
SPOROCYTE starts with S and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read CEOOPRSTY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once.
Words that start SPOROC
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 58
Could you have found SPOROCYTE?
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 58 - and most players walked straight past it.
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