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MOLECULE
Definition of MOLECULE
noun
The smallest particle of a specific element or compound that retains the chemical properties of that element or compound; two or more atoms held together by chemical bonds.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from French molécule, from New Latin molecula (“a molecule”), diminutive of Latin moles (“a mass”).
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.
MOLECULE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 117, 14 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 4 days.
First found by a player on Day 117, 14 September 2026.
Built from these letters
MOLECULE starts with M and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read CEELLMOU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. L and E appear more than once.
Words that start MOLECU
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found MOLECULE?
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 117 - and most players walked straight past it.
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