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ALLOTROPE
Definition of ALLOTROPE
noun
Any form of an element that has a distinctly different molecular structure to another form of the same element, with different physical properties and often different chemical properties.
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Where it comes from
Back-formation from allotropy, as allo- + -trope, from Ancient Greek ἄλλος (állos, “other”), and τρόπος (trópos, “way, manner”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
ALLOTROPE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 110, 7 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 110, 7 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
ALLOTROPE starts with A and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read AELLOOPRT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. L and O appear more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start ALLOTR
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found ALLOTROPE?
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 110 - and most players walked straight past it.
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