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IRONE
Definition of IRONE
noun
Any of several ketones, or a mixture of such, found in orris oil (oil extracted from iris roots), used as odorants in perfumes.
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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.
IRONE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 72, 31 July 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 88 days.
Built from these letters
IRONE starts with I and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read EINOR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start IRONE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found IRONE?
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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