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ACRIDINE
Definition 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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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
ACRIDINE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 48, 7 July 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 54 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 48, 7 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
ACRIDINE starts with A and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read ACDEIINR - 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.
Also seen on Day 48
Could you have found ACRIDINE?
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 48 - and most players walked straight past it.
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