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SYMBIOTE

/ˈsɪmbaɪ̯əʊt/8 letters

Definition of SYMBIOTE

noun

Synonym of symbiont.

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Where it comes from

From sym- + -biote.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

Word DNA

How it is built

noun3 syllablescompound-biotesym-

The Word DNA of OUTLIER →

Rarity score
Withheld
Revealed only in play
Tier
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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.

SYMBIOTE in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 47 boards so far. 171 players have found it across Outlier's history.

Day 1Day 149
Its 47 boards, across 149 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
47
Boards found on
22
First board
144
Latest board
9
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 22, 11 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 144, 11 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 5 days.

First found by a player on Day 22, 11 June 2026.

Built from these letters

SYMBIOTE
8
Letters
3
Vowels
5
Consonants
8
Different letters
4
Longest consonant run
2
Longest vowel run

SYMBIOTE starts with S and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read BEIMOSTY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.

Words that start SYMBIO

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

Could you have found SYMBIOTE?

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 22 - and most players walked straight past it.

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