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DIKETONE

/daɪˈkiːtəʊn/8 letters

Definition of DIKETONE

noun

any compound having two neighbouring ketonic carbonyl groups

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

From di- + ketone.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

Rarity score
Withheld
Revealed only in play
Tier
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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.

DIKETONE in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 2 boards so far.

Day 1Day 119
Its 2 boards, across 119 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
2
Boards found on
87
First board
117
Latest board
30
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 87, 15 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 117, 14 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.

First ever to find it

2easteroid

on Day 87, 15 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

DIKETONE
8
Letters
4
Vowels
4
Consonants
7
Different letters
1
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

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

Could you have found DIKETONE?

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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