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PHENOXIDE
Definition of PHENOXIDE
noun
any metallic salt of a phenol
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Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, PHENOXIDE · 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.
PHENOXIDE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 4 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 97, 25 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 157, 24 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 157, 24 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
PHENOXIDE starts with P and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read DEEHINOPX - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once. It uses X - among the least common letters in written English.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Could you have found PHENOXIDE?
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 97 - and most players walked straight past it.
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