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DIOL
Definition of DIOL
noun
any organic compound having two hydroxy functional groups
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From di- + -ol.
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.
DIOL in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 8 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 47, 6 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 104, 1 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 7 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 47, 6 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
DIOL starts with D and ends with L. Sorted, its letters read DILO - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
4 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start DIOL
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 47
Could you have found DIOL?
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 47 - and most players walked straight past it.
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