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METHANALS
Definition of METHANALS
noun
plural of methanal
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Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, METHANAL · 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.
METHANALS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 7 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 23, 12 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 145, 12 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 12 days.
First found by a player on Day 23, 12 June 2026.
Also on
Built from these letters
METHANALS starts with M and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AAEHLMNST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Words that start METHAN
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 23
Could you have found METHANALS?
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 23 - and most players walked straight past it.
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