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DEXTRIN
Definition of DEXTRIN
noun
Any of a range of oligomers of glucose, intermediate in complexity between maltose and starch, produced by the enzymatic hydrolysis of starch; used commercially as adhesives.
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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.
DEXTRIN in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 7 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 87, 15 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 119, 16 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 87, 15 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Also on
Built from these letters
DEXTRIN starts with D and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read DEINRTX - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram. It uses X - among the least common letters in written English.
Words that start DEXTRI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found DEXTRIN?
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 87 - and most players walked straight past it.
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