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ORTHOCAINE
Definition of ORTHOCAINE
noun
Methyl m-amino-p-hydroxybenzoate, a fine white crystalline powder used as an anesthetic on open wounds.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From ortho- + -caine.
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.
ORTHOCAINE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 4 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 72, 31 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 100, 28 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 96, 24 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
ORTHOCAINE starts with O and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read ACEHINOORT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once.
Words that start ORTHOC
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found ORTHOCAINE?
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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