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ISOCYANIDE
Definition of ISOCYANIDE
noun
The isomer HNC of hydrocyanic acid HCN.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From iso- + cyanide.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, ISOCYANIDE · 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.
ISOCYANIDE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 10 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 36, 25 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 160, 27 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 7 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 36, 25 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
ISOCYANIDE starts with I and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read ACDEIINOSY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once.
Words that start ISOCYA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 36
Could you have found ISOCYANIDE?
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 36 - and most players walked straight past it.
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