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SUPERCOILING
Definition of SUPERCOILING
noun
The coiling of the DNA helix upon itself, which can disrupt transcription and lead to cell death.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From super- + coiling.
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.
SUPERCOILING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 62, 21 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 100, 28 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 62, 21 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SUPERCOILING starts with S and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read CEGIILNOPRSU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once.
Words that start SUPERCOI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found SUPERCOILING?
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 62 - and most players walked straight past it.
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