The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
OCTOPINE
Definition of OCTOPINE
noun
An analog of lactic acid, derived from the amino acids arginine and alanine, first isolated from the muscle tissue of octopus species.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Octopus octopodia (the common octopus) + -ine (chemically basic or alkaloidal substance)
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
OCTOPINE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 147, 14 October 2026. The most recent board was Day 168, 4 November 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 147, 14 October 2026.
Built from these letters
OCTOPINE starts with O and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read CEINOOPT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once.
Could you have found OCTOPINE?
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 147 - and most players walked straight past it.
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