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OLEFINS
Definition of OLEFINS
noun
plural of olefin
noun
Any of a class of unsaturated open-chain hydrocarbons such as ethylene; an alkene with only one carbon-carbon double bond.
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Word DNA
OLEFINS inherits its ancestry from its root, OLEFIN.
How it is built
Same root, OLEFIN · 2 relatives 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.
OLEFINS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 8 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 48, 7 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 138, 5 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 9 days.
First found by a player on Day 48, 7 July 2026.
Built from these letters
OLEFINS starts with O and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read EFILNOS - 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.
Also seen on Day 48
Could you have found OLEFINS?
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 48 - and most players walked straight past it.
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