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DIACHYLONS
Definition of DIACHYLONS
noun
plural of diachylon
noun
A plaster originally composed of the juices of several plants, later made of an oxide of lead and oil, and consisting essentially of glycerine mixed with lead salts of the fat acids.
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Word DNA
DIACHYLONS inherits its ancestry from its root, DIACHYLON.
Line of descent
- Ancient Greek
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
2nd
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
12.6%
of traced words share this origin (3,695)
branch · 12.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, DIACHYLON · 1 relative in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
DIACHYLONS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 72, 31 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 128, 25 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 20 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 115, 12 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
DIACHYLONS starts with D and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ACDHILNOSY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start DIACHY
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found DIACHYLONS?
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 72 - and most players walked straight past it.
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