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PHENYLENE
Definition of PHENYLENE
noun
Any of three isomeric divalent aromatic radicals derived from benzene by removing two hydrogen atoms from the ortho-, meta- or para- positions.
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Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, PHENYLENE · 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.
PHENYLENE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 169, 5 November 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 169, 5 November 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
PHENYLENE starts with P and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read EEEHLNNPY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E and N appear more than once.
Words that start PHENYL
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found PHENYLENE?
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 169 - and most players walked straight past it.
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