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THROMBOKINASE
Definition of THROMBOKINASE
noun
A proteolytic enzyme that converts prothrombin into thrombin during the clotting of blood
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From thrombo- + kinase.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
THROMBOKINASE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 14 boards so far. 19 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 68, 27 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 148, 15 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 17 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 68, 27 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
THROMBOKINASE starts with T and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read ABEHIKMNOORST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once.
Words that start THROMBOKI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found THROMBOKINASE?
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 68 - and most players walked straight past it.
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