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NUCLEOPHILE
Definition of NUCLEOPHILE
noun
A compound or functional group that is attractive to centres of positive charge, and donates electrons, especially donating an electron pair to an electrophile to form a bond.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From nucleo- + -phile.
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.
NUCLEOPHILE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 117, 14 September 2026. The most recent board was Day 118, 15 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 117, 14 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
NUCLEOPHILE starts with N and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read CEEHILLNOPU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. L and E appear more than once.
Words that start NUCLEOP
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found NUCLEOPHILE?
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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