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ETHYLENES
Definition of ETHYLENES
noun
plural of ethylene
noun
The common name for the organic chemical compound ethene. The simplest alkene, a colorless gaseous (at room temperature and pressure) hydrocarbon with the chemical formula C2H4.
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Word DNA
ETHYLENES inherits its ancestry from its root, ETHYLENE.
How it is built
Same root, ETHYLENE · 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.
ETHYLENES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 169, 5 November 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 5 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 169, 5 November 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
ETHYLENES starts with E and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read EEEHLNSTY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Could you have found ETHYLENES?
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 169 - and most players walked straight past it.
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