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OLEFIN
Definition of OLEFIN
noun
Any of a class of unsaturated open-chain hydrocarbons such as ethylene; an alkene with only one carbon-carbon double bond.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From olefiant, "oil-producing".
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.
OLEFIN in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 89, 17 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 13 days.
First found by a player on Day 89, 17 August 2026.
Built from these letters
OLEFIN starts with O and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read EFILNO - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start OLEFIN
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found OLEFIN?
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 89 - and most players walked straight past it.
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