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ABRIN
Definition of ABRIN
noun
A toxin, akin to ricin, found in jequirity beans (Abrus precatorius).
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From taxonomic name Abrus (genus of the species source of the bean) + -in.
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.
ABRIN in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 72, 31 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 127, 24 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 26 days.
First found by a player on Day 105, 2 September 2026.
Built from these letters
ABRIN starts with A and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read ABINR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
2 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Could you have found ABRIN?
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 72 - and most players walked straight past it.
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