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CREATINE

/ˈkɹiː.əˌtiːn/8 letters

Definition of CREATINE

noun

An amino acid, 2-(carbamimidoyl-methyl- amino)acetic acid, which naturally occurs in vertebrates and helps to supply energy to muscle and nerve cells.

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

From Ancient Greek κρέας (kréas, “meat”) (genitive κρέατος (kréatos)) + -ine. Not related to create.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

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Find it yourself

OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

CREATINE in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 30 boards so far. 78 players have found it across Outlier's history.

Day 1Day 95
Its 30 boards, across 95 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
30
Boards found on
28
First board
95
Latest board
6
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 28, 17 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 95, 23 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.

First found by a player on Day 28, 17 June 2026.

Built from these letters

CREATINE
8
Letters
4
Vowels
4
Consonants
7
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
2
Longest vowel run

CREATINE starts with C and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read ACEEINRT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.

Same letters, different word

3 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.

Words that start CREATI

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

Could you have found CREATINE?

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 28 - and most players walked straight past it.

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