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NYLON
Definition of NYLON
noun
Originally, the DuPont company trade name for polyamide, a copolymer whose molecules consist of alternating diamine and dicarboxylic acid monomers bonded together; now generically used for this type of polymer.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Coined by the company DuPont in 1938. According to the company, the name was formed from the random generic syllable nyl- + the common fiber suffix -on (as in rayon and Dacron), said to be ultimately from cotton.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, NYLON · 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.
NYLON in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 132, 29 September 2026. The most recent board was Day 167, 3 November 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 8 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 132, 29 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
NYLON starts with N and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read LNNOY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. N appears more than once.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Could you have found NYLON?
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 132 - and most players walked straight past it.
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