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ELATERIN
Definition of ELATERIN
noun
An extract from the juice of the fruit of Ecballium elaterium (the squirting cucumber), used as a purgative.
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Where it comes from
From elaterium + -in.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, ELATERIN · 1 relative in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
ELATERIN in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 5 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 89, 17 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 159, 26 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 89, 17 August 2026.
Built from these letters
ELATERIN starts with E and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read AEEILNRT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Same letters, different word
2 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start ELATER
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found ELATERIN?
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 89 - and most players walked straight past it.
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