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GUAIACOL
Definition of GUAIACOL
noun
A naturally occurring methoxy phenol, having certain medicinal applications
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From guaiacum + -ol, from the name of a substance from which it can be derived.
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.
GUAIACOL in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 41, 30 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 58, 17 July 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 44 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 41, 30 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
GUAIACOL starts with G and ends with L. Sorted, its letters read AACGILOU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Words that start GUAIAC
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 41
Could you have found GUAIACOL?
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 41 - and most players walked straight past it.
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