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LIDOCAINES
Definition of LIDOCAINES
noun
plural of lidocaine
noun
A crystalline compound, C14H22N2O, that is used in the form of its hydrochloride as a local anesthetic and as an antiarrhythmic agent.
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Word DNA
LIDOCAINES inherits its ancestry from its root, LIDOCAINE.
How it is built
Same root, LIDOCAINE · 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.
LIDOCAINES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 17 boards so far. 19 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 27, 16 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 150, 17 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 4 days.
First found by a player on Day 27, 16 June 2026.
Built from these letters
LIDOCAINES starts with L and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ACDEIILNOS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once.
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 27
Could you have found LIDOCAINES?
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 27 - and most players walked straight past it.
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