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FURFUROLS
Definition of FURFUROLS
noun
plural of furfurol
FURFURAL · via furfurol
noun
A heterocyclic aldehyde derivative of furan, obtained commercially from bran, with several industrial uses.
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Word DNA
FURFUROLS inherits its ancestry from its root, FURFURAL.
Line of descent
- Latin
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.6%
of traced words share this origin (25,170)
branch · 30.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, FURFURAL · 8 relatives 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.
FURFUROLS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 153, 20 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 13 days.
First found by a player on Day 153, 20 October 2026.
Built from these letters
FURFUROLS starts with F and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read FFLORRSUU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. F, U and R appear more than once.
Words that start FURFUR
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
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