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GLYCOLIC
Definition of GLYCOLIC
adjective
Of or pertaining to glycolic acid or its derivatives
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From glycol + -ic.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
GLYCOLIC in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far. 17 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 131, 28 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 131, 28 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
GLYCOLIC starts with G and ends with C. Sorted, its letters read CCGILLOY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. L and C appear more than once.
Words that start GLYCOL
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found GLYCOLIC?
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 131 - and most players walked straight past it.
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