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NALBUPHINES
Definition of NALBUPHINES
Wiktionary has no entry for NALBUPHINES itself. This is its base word, NALBUPHINE.
noun
A synthetic opioid antagonist which is very similar to morphine in chemical structure and is given by injection (usually in the form of its hydrochloride) as an analgesic; (−)-(5R,6S,14S)-9a-cyclobutylmethyl-4,5-epoxymorphinan-3,6,14-triol, C21H27NO4.
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Where it comes from
The origin recorded for NALBUPHINE.
From nal(or)phine + (cyclo)bu(tyl).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, NALBUPHINE · 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.
NALBUPHINES in OUTLIER
It has fitted 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 1, 22 May 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 164 days.
Built from these letters
NALBUPHINES starts with N and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ABEHILNNPSU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. N appears more than once.
Also seen on Day 1
Could you have found NALBUPHINES?
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 1 - and most players walked straight past it.
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