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ETHANOL
Definition of ETHANOL
noun
A simple aliphatic alcohol formally derived from ethane by replacing one hydrogen atom with a hydroxyl group: CH3-CH2-OH.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Contracted from ethyl + alcohol. Ethyl is from Ancient Greek αἰθήρ (aithḗr, “ether”), influenced by German Äthyl. May be decomposed as ethane + -ol.
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.
ETHANOL in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 20 boards so far. 30 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 20, 9 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 98, 26 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 20, 9 June 2026.
Built from these letters
ETHANOL starts with E and ends with L. Sorted, its letters read AEHLNOT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
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 ETHANO
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 20
Could you have found ETHANOL?
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 20 - and most players walked straight past it.
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