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FREON
Definition of FREON
noun
Any of several nonflammable refrigerants based on halogenated hydrocarbon including R-12, R-22, and R-23.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
A genericization of the Chemours trademark "Freon." According to Flood, the name was formed from freeze and the arbitrary suffix -on.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, FREON · 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.
FREON in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 13 boards so far. 29 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 28, 17 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 149, 16 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 28, 17 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
FREON starts with F and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read EFNOR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Also seen on Day 28
Could you have found FREON?
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 28 - and most players walked straight past it.
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