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YERSINIA
Definition of YERSINIA
noun
A Gram-negative bacterium, of the genus Yersinia, that is an etiological agent of several diseases in animals and humans, notably Yersinia pestis, which causes bubonic plague.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Translingual Yersinia.
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.
YERSINIA in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 19 boards so far. 19 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 9, 29 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 114, 11 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 6 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 9, 29 May 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
YERSINIA starts with Y and ends with A. Sorted, its letters read AEIINRSY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once.
Words that start YERSIN
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 9
Could you have found YERSINIA?
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 9 - and most players walked straight past it.
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