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ELASTIN
Definition of ELASTIN
noun
A protein, similar to collagen, found in connective tissue, that has elastic properties.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From elastic + -in.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
ELASTIN in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 15 boards so far. 15 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 37, 26 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 132, 29 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 10 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 37, 26 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
ELASTIN starts with E and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read AEILNST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
8 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start ELASTI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found ELASTIN?
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 37 - and most players walked straight past it.
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