The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
AZEOTROPE
Definition of AZEOTROPE
noun
A mixture of two or more substances whose liquid and gaseous forms have the same composition (at a certain pressure); the substances cannot be separated by normal distillation.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Ancient Greek ἀ- (a-, “no”) + ζέω (zéō, “to boil”) + τρόπος (trópos, “state”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Ancient Greek
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
2nd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
12.6%
of traced words share this origin (3,706)
branch · 12.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, AZEOTROPE · 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.
AZEOTROPE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 68, 27 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 125, 22 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 25 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 68, 27 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
AZEOTROPE starts with A and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read AEEOOPRTZ - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E and O appear more than once. It uses Z - among the least common letters in written English.
Words that start AZEOTR
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found AZEOTROPE?
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 68 - and most players walked straight past it.
Play today's OUTLIER