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ALCOHOL
Definition of ALCOHOL
noun
Any of a class of organic compounds (such as ethanol) containing a hydroxyl functional group (-OH).
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Where it comes from
First attested in the 15th century from Middle English alcofol, from Middle French alcohol or Spanish alcohol, derived from the Medieval Latin rendering alcohol transmitted in medical or alchemical literature of Arabic اَلْكُحْل (al-kuḥl, “kohl”), which in Andalusian Arabic also bore the form كُحُول (kuḥūl), قُحُول (quḥūl); bearing thus the meaning of stibnite first, then generalized in meaning to a powder obtained by triturating a material, then also to liquids obtained by boiling down, and specialized to mean spirit of wine, ethanol, in the 18th century, then the narrow chemical sense after 1850. Doublet of alcool and kohl.
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Word DNA
Line of descent
5 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
11th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
1.4%
of traced words share this origin (1,070)
branch · 2.1% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, ALCOHOL · 4 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.
ALCOHOL in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 145, 12 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 13 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 145, 12 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
ALCOHOL starts with A and ends with L. Sorted, its letters read ACHLLOO - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. L and O appear more than once.
Words that start ALCOHO
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found ALCOHOL?
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