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PAPAIN
Definition of PAPAIN
noun
A proteolytic enzyme in papaya fruit which can be used to tenderize meat.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Attested since the late 1800s. From papaya + -in.
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.
PAPAIN in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 110, 7 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 11 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 110, 7 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
PAPAIN starts with P and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read AAINPP - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. P and A appear more than once.
Words that start PAPAIN
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found PAPAIN?
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 110 - and most players walked straight past it.
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