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METHANES
Definition of METHANES
noun
Derivatives of methane. plural of methane
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Word DNA
METHANES inherits its ancestry from its root, METHANE.
How it is built
Same root, METHANE · 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.
METHANES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 10 boards so far. 11 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 91, 19 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 145, 12 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 91, 19 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
METHANES starts with M and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AEEHMNST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Words that start METHAN
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found METHANES?
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 91 - and most players walked straight past it.
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