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TRANSFECTED
Definition of TRANSFECTED
verb
simple past and past participle of transfect
TRANSFECT
verb
To introduce foreign material into eukaryotic cells.
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Word DNA
TRANSFECTED inherits its ancestry from its root, TRANSFECT.
How it is built
Same root, TRANSFECT · 2 relatives 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.
TRANSFECTED in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 90, 18 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 166, 2 November 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 90, 18 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
TRANSFECTED starts with T and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read ACDEEFNRSTT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. T and E appear more than once.
Words that start TRANSFE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found TRANSFECTED?
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 90 - and most players walked straight past it.
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