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ETIOLIN
Definition of ETIOLIN
noun
A yellow pigment in plants grown without sufficient light; a precursor of chlorophyll.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From German Etiolin; etiolate + -in.
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.
ETIOLIN in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 72, 31 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 104, 1 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 5 days.
Built from these letters
ETIOLIN starts with E and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read EIILNOT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once.
Could you have found ETIOLIN?
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 72 - and most players walked straight past it.
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