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CAPTOPRIL
Definition of CAPTOPRIL
noun
An ACE inhibitor used to treat hypertension and some types of congestive heart failure.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From (mer)capto + pr(oline) + -yl or (mer)capto + pr(opion)yl.
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.
CAPTOPRIL in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 117, 14 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 117, 14 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
CAPTOPRIL starts with C and ends with L. Sorted, its letters read ACILOPPRT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. P appears more than once.
Words that start CAPTOP
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found CAPTOPRIL?
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 117 - and most players walked straight past it.
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