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ORCINE
Definition of ORCINE
noun
Dated form of orcin.
noun
The organic compound 3,5-dihydroxytoluene, found in many lichens and synthesizable from toluene.
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Word DNA
ORCINE inherits its ancestry from its root, ORCIN.
Line of descent
6 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
10th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
1.7%
of traced words share this origin (1,293)
branch · 12.9% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, ORCIN · 5 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.
ORCINE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 10 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 72, 31 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 155, 22 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 97, 25 August 2026.
Built from these letters
ORCINE starts with O and ends with E. 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.
Could you have found ORCINE?
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 72 - and most players walked straight past it.
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