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NITROSYL
Definition of NITROSYL
noun
The univalent radical -NO (one nitrogen and one oxygen atom)
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
nitrose + -yl
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.
NITROSYL in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 109, 6 September 2026. The most recent board was Day 120, 17 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 109, 6 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
NITROSYL starts with N and ends with L. Sorted, its letters read ILNORSTY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start NITROS
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found NITROSYL?
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 109 - and most players walked straight past it.
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