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AUXOCHROME
Definition of AUXOCHROME
noun
any atom or group which, when added to a chromophore, causes a bathochromic shift in its spectrum
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From auxo- + -chrome.
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.
AUXOCHROME in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 97, 25 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 5 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 97, 25 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
AUXOCHROME starts with A and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read ACEHMOORUX - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once. It uses X - among the least common letters in written English.
Could you have found AUXOCHROME?
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 97 - and most players walked straight past it.
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