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ATROPIA
Definition of ATROPIA
noun
Dated form of atropine.
noun
An alkaloid extracted from the plant deadly nightshade (Atropa belladonna) and other sources, such as the seeds of the thorn-apple. Though overdoses would be fatal it is used as a drug in medicine for its paralytic effects (e.g. in surgery to relax muscles, in dentistry to dry the mouth, in ophthalmology to dilate the pupils).
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Word DNA
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
ATROPIA in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 88, 16 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 122, 19 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 22 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 88, 16 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
ATROPIA starts with A and ends with A. Sorted, its letters read AAIOPRT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Words that start ATROPI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found ATROPIA?
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 88 - and most players walked straight past it.
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