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SUBNUCLEI

9 letters

Definition of SUBNUCLEI

noun

plural of subnucleus

SUBNUCLEUS

noun

A secondary nucleus (of neurons)

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Word DNA

How it is built

noun

The Word DNA of OUTLIER →

Rarity score
Withheld
Revealed only in play
Tier
Withheld
Find it yourself

OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

SUBNUCLEI in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 1 board so far.

Day 1Day 148
Its one board, across 148 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
1
Boards found on
97
First board
51
Days since seen

It first turned up on Day 97, 25 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 51 days.

First ever to find it

mattstan

on Day 97, 25 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

SUBNUCLEI
9
Letters
4
Vowels
5
Consonants
8
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
2
Longest vowel run

SUBNUCLEI starts with S and ends with I. Sorted, its letters read BCEILNSUU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. U appears more than once.

Words that start SUBNUC

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

SUBNUCLEARSUBNUCLEUS

Could you have found SUBNUCLEI?

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 97 - and most players walked straight past it.

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