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ORCEIN
Definition of ORCEIN
noun
a dye, related to litmus, that is extracted from the lichen Rocella tinctoria; used as a microscopic stain and as a food colouring
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From French orcéine, modification of orcinol. See also orchil.
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.
ORCEIN in OUTLIER
It has fitted 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 56, 15 July 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 45 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 58, 17 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
ORCEIN starts with O and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read CEINOR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
3 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Also seen on Day 56
Could you have found ORCEIN?
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 56 - and most players walked straight past it.
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