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EICOSANOID
Definition of EICOSANOID
noun
Any of a family of naturally-occurring substances derived from 20-carbon polyunsaturated fatty acids; they include the prostaglandins, thromboxanes, leukotrienes and epoxyeicosatrienoic acids; they function as hormones.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From eicosanoic + -oid (“-like”).
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.
EICOSANOID in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 84, 12 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 122, 19 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 84, 12 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
EICOSANOID starts with E and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read ACDEIINOOS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I and O appear more than once.
Words that start EICOSA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found EICOSANOID?
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 84 - and most players walked straight past it.
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