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THROMBINS
Definition of THROMBINS
noun
plural of thrombin
noun
An enzyme in blood that facilitates blood clotting by converting fibrinogen to fibrin (by means of ionized calcium).
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Word DNA
THROMBINS inherits its ancestry from its root, THROMBIN.
How it is built
Same root, THROMBIN · 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.
THROMBINS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 5 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 85, 13 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 140, 7 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 7 days.
First found by a player on Day 85, 13 August 2026.
Built from these letters
THROMBINS starts with T and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read BHIMNORST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start THROMB
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found THROMBINS?
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 85 - and most players walked straight past it.
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