The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
ETHINYL
Definition of ETHINYL
noun
Alternative form of ethynyl.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From ethine + -yl.
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.
ETHINYL in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 85, 13 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 36 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 85, 13 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
ETHINYL starts with E and ends with L. Sorted, its letters read EHILNTY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Could you have found ETHINYL?
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 85 - and most players walked straight past it.
Play today's OUTLIER