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CARBENE
Definition of CARBENE
noun
Any short-lived, reactive species R2C:, especially the parent compound CH2: (also called methylene).
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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
CARBENE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 97, 25 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 4 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 97, 25 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
CARBENE starts with C and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read ABCEENR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
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 CARBEN
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found CARBENE?
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 97 - and most players walked straight past it.
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