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PARABENS
Definition of PARABENS
noun
plural of paraben
noun
Any of a group of chemicals used as preservatives in cosmetics and pharmaceuticals, wherein the hydrogen of a parahydroxybenzene molecule is replaced by an alkyl group
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Word DNA
PARABENS inherits its ancestry from its root, PARABEN.
How it is built
Same root, PARABEN · 1 relative 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.
PARABENS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 18 boards so far. 28 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 46, 5 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 151, 18 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 18 days.
First found by a player on Day 46, 5 July 2026.
Built from these letters
PARABENS starts with P and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AABENPRS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Words that start PARABE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 46
Could you have found PARABENS?
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 46 - and most players walked straight past it.
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