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STEROIDS
Definition of STEROIDS
noun
plural of steroid
noun
A class of organic compounds having a structure of seventeen carbon atoms arranged in four rings; they are lipids, and occur naturally as sterols, bile acids, adrenal and sex hormones, and some vitamins; many drugs are synthetic steroids.
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Word DNA
STEROIDS inherits its ancestry from its root, STEROID.
How it is built
Same root, STEROID · 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.
STEROIDS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 124, 21 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 22 days.
First found by a player on Day 124, 21 September 2026.
Built from these letters
STEROIDS starts with S and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read DEIORSST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. S appears more than once.
Words that start STEROI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
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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 124 - and most players walked straight past it.
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