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CAROTENE
Definition of CAROTENE
noun
A class of tetraterpene plant pigments; they vary in colour from yellow, through orange to red, this colour originating in a chain of alternating single and double bonds.
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Where it comes from
From car(r)ot + -ene.
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.
CAROTENE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 6 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 14, 3 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 98, 26 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 4 days.
First found by a player on Day 14, 3 June 2026.
Built from these letters
CAROTENE starts with C and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read ACEENORT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Words that start CAROTE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 14
Could you have found CAROTENE?
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 14 - and most players walked straight past it.
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