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OLIGOMER
Definition of OLIGOMER
noun
A compound intermediate between a monomer and a polymer, normally having a specified number of units between about five and a hundred.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From oligo- + -mer.
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.
OLIGOMER in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 4 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 69, 28 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 103, 31 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 17 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 69, 28 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
OLIGOMER starts with O and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read EGILMOOR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O 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.
Words that start OLIGOM
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found OLIGOMER?
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 69 - and most players walked straight past it.
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