The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
PICENES
Definition of PICENES
noun
plural of picene
noun
A polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon consisting of five fused benzene rings; an isomer of pentacene.
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Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, PICENE · 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.
PICENES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 36, 25 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 149, 16 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 36, 25 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
PICENES starts with P and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read CEEINPS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Also seen on Day 36
Could you have found PICENES?
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 36 - and most players walked straight past it.
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