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ELATERINS
Definition of ELATERINS
noun
plural 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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Word DNA
ELATERINS inherits its ancestry from its root, ELATERIN.
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.
ELATERINS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 5 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 97, 25 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 132, 29 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 11 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 97, 25 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
ELATERINS starts with E and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AEEILNRST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Same letters, different word
3 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 ELATERINS?
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 97 - and most players walked straight past it.
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