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ATROPINES
Definition of ATROPINES
noun
plural 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
ATROPINES inherits its ancestry from its root, ATROPINE.
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 (9,457)
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.
ATROPINES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 16 boards so far. 20 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 51, 10 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 142, 9 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 51, 10 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
ATROPINES starts with A and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AEINOPRST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
2 other words use 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 51
Could you have found ATROPINES?
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 51 - and most players walked straight past it.
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