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BOTULIN
Definition of BOTULIN
noun
An extremely potent nerve toxin produced by the anaerobic bacteria Clostridium botulinum. Ingesting botulin results in the serious medical condition of botulism.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From German Botulin, from Latin botulus (“sausage”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.7%
of traced words share this origin (23,914)
branch · 30.7% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, BOTULIN · 3 relatives 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.
BOTULIN in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 23 boards so far. 54 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 44, 3 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 150, 17 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 5 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 44, 3 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
BOTULIN starts with B and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read BILNOTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start BOTULI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 44
Could you have found BOTULIN?
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 44 - and most players walked straight past it.
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