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AZLON
Definition of AZLON
noun
A regenerated protein fiber; textile fiber derived from a protein such as casein (milk) or zein (maize).
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From a trade name.
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.
AZLON in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 68, 27 July 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 34 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
AZLON starts with A and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read ALNOZ - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram. It uses Z - among the least common letters in written English.
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 AZLON
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found AZLON?
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.
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