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ATROPINE
Definition 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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Where it comes from
From Latin Atropa (“genus of deadly nightshade”) + English -ine.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Latin
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
33%
of traced words share this origin (9,478)
branch · 33% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, ATROPINE · 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.
ATROPINE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 33 boards so far. 47 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 35, 24 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 140, 7 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 52, 11 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
ATROPINE starts with A and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read AEINOPRT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start ATROPI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 35
Could you have found ATROPINE?
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 35 - and most players walked straight past it.
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