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METHANOLS
Definition of METHANOLS
noun
plural of methanol
noun
The simplest aliphatic alcohol, CH3OH; a colourless, toxic, inflammable liquid, used as a solvent, antifreeze, in the chemical industry, and in the preparation of methylated spirit.
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Word DNA
METHANOLS inherits its ancestry from its root, METHANOL.
Line of descent
- Ancient Greek
- French
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
3rd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
12.4%
of traced words share this origin (10,240)
branch · 12.4% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, METHANOL · 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.
METHANOLS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 17 boards so far. 15 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 42, 1 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 165, 1 November 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 42, 1 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
METHANOLS starts with M and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AEHLMNOST - 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 42
Could you have found METHANOLS?
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 42 - and most players walked straight past it.
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