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MORPHINES
Definition of MORPHINES
noun
plural of morphine
noun
A crystalline alkaloid (4,5-epoxy-17-methyl-7,8-didehydromorphinan-3,6-diol), extracted from opium, the salts of which are soluble in water and are used as analgesics, anaesthetics and sedatives; it is one of a group of morphine alkaloids.
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Word DNA
MORPHINES inherits its ancestry from its root, MORPHINE.
Line of descent
- Ancient Greek
- German
- French
- English
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
3rd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
12.2%
of traced words share this origin (9,477)
branch · 12.2% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, MORPHINE · 4 relatives 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.
MORPHINES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 30 boards so far. 32 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 27, 16 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 155, 22 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 27, 16 June 2026.
Built from these letters
MORPHINES starts with M and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read EHIMNOPRS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start MORPHI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 27
Could you have found MORPHINES?
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 27 - and most players walked straight past it.
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