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PATULIN
Definition of PATULIN
noun
A mycotoxin, 2-hydroxy-3,7-dioxabicyclo[4.3.0]nona-5,9-dien-8-one, produced by fungi associated with rotting fruit.
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Where it comes from
From Translingual patulum + English -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.
PATULIN in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 78, 6 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 24 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 78, 6 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
PATULIN starts with P and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read AILNPTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
2 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start PATULI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found PATULIN?
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 78 - and most players walked straight past it.
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