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KETONIC
Definition of KETONIC
adjective
Of, relating to, or being a ketone.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Other senses
KETONIC carries 2 further meanings.
Related to or containing a ketone
adjective
Pertaining to, or derived from, a ketone.
“a ketonic acid”
Where it comes from
From ketone + -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.
KETONIC in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 34 boards so far. 95 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 32, 21 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 144, 11 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 32, 21 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
KETONIC starts with K and ends with C. Sorted, its letters read CEIKNOT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Also seen on Day 32
Could you have found KETONIC?
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 32 - and most players walked straight past it.
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