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ETHANEDIOL
Definition of ETHANEDIOL
noun
ethylene glycol
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Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, ETHANEDIOL · 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.
ETHANEDIOL in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 5 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 25, 14 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 106, 3 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 38 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 25, 14 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
ETHANEDIOL starts with E and ends with L. Sorted, its letters read ADEEHILNOT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start ETHANE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 25
Could you have found ETHANEDIOL?
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 25 - and most players walked straight past it.
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