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ACRIDIN
Definition of ACRIDIN
noun
Dated form of acridine.
noun
A tricyclic aromatic heterocycle, dibenzopyridine, obtained from coal tar; it is used in the manufacture of dyes and drugs
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Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, ACRIDIN · 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.
ACRIDIN in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 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 35 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 127, 24 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
ACRIDIN starts with A and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read ACDIINR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once.
Words that start ACRIDI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found ACRIDIN?
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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