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ALKYNES
Definition of ALKYNES
noun
plural of alkyne
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Word DNA
ALKYNES inherits its ancestry from its root, ALKYNE.
How it is built
Same root, ALKYNE · 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.
ALKYNES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 21 boards so far. 46 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 26, 15 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 156, 23 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.
First found by a player on Day 26, 15 June 2026.
Built from these letters
ALKYNES starts with A and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AEKLNSY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Also seen on Day 26
Could you have found ALKYNES?
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 26 - and most players walked straight past it.
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