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ENOL
Definition of ENOL
noun
An organic compound containing a hydroxyl group bonded to a carbon atom which is doubly bonded to another carbon atom.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Clipping of alkenol.
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.
ENOL in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 9 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 36, 25 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 107, 4 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 36, 25 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
ENOL starts with E and ends with L. Sorted, its letters read ELNO - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
4 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start ENOL
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 36
Could you have found ENOL?
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 36 - and most players walked straight past it.
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