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TELOMERE
Definition of TELOMERE
noun
Either of the sequences of DNA at each end of a eukaryotic chromosome.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From telo- (“end”) + -mere (“part”).
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.
TELOMERE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 113, 10 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 6 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 113, 10 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
TELOMERE starts with T and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read EEELMORT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Words that start TELOME
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found TELOMERE?
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 113 - and most players walked straight past it.
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