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ALKALOID
Definition of ALKALOID
noun
Any of many organic (often heterocyclic) bases that occur in nature and often have medicinal properties.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From alkali + -oid. Compare French alcaloïde.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Its etymology also names French.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
ALKALOID in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 137, 4 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 137, 4 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
ALKALOID starts with A and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read AADIKLLO - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A and L appear more than once.
Words that start ALKALO
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found ALKALOID?
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 137 - and most players walked straight past it.
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