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BUTYLENES
Definition of BUTYLENES
noun
plural of butylene
noun
Any of three isomeric aliphatic alkenes containing four carbon atoms and one double bond; their polymers are used as synthetic rubber.
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Word DNA
BUTYLENES inherits its ancestry from its root, BUTYLENE.
How it is built
Same root, BUTYLENE · 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.
BUTYLENES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 6 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 43, 2 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 136, 3 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 23 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 43, 2 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
BUTYLENES starts with B and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read BEELNSTUY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Also seen on Day 43
Could you have found BUTYLENES?
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 43 - and most players walked straight past it.
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