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METHANOIC
Definition of METHANOIC
adjective
Of or pertaining to methanoic acid or its derivatives; having the group HCOO-.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From methane + -oic.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
METHANOIC in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 13 boards so far. 11 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 36, 25 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 98, 26 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First found by a player on Day 36, 25 June 2026.
Built from these letters
METHANOIC starts with M and ends with C. Sorted, its letters read ACEHIMNOT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start METHAN
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 36
Could you have found METHANOIC?
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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