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DIOXIN
Definition of DIOXIN
noun
The unsaturated six-membered heterocycle having four carbon atoms, two oxygen atoms, and two double bonds (molecular formula C₄H₄O₂); 1,2-dioxin and 1,4-dioxin.
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Where it comes from
From di- (prefix meaning ‘double; two’) + ox(ygen) + -in (suffix indicating a neutral chemical compound), a reference to the fact that the compound has two oxygen atoms.
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.
DIOXIN in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 5 boards so far. 28 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 65, 24 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 102, 30 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 65, 24 July 2026.
Built from these letters
DIOXIN starts with D and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read DIINOX - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once. It uses X - among the least common letters in written English.
Could you have found DIOXIN?
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 65 - and most players walked straight past it.
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