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ETHYNE
Definition of ETHYNE
noun
The organic compound acetylene. The simplest alkyne, a colorless gaseous (at room temperature and pressure) hydrocarbon with the chemical formula HC≡CH or C2H2.
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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
ETHYNE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 11 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 44, 3 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 102, 30 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 44, 3 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
ETHYNE starts with E and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read EEHNTY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Also seen on Day 44
Could you have found ETHYNE?
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 44 - and most players walked straight past it.
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