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POLYBUTADIENE
Definition of POLYBUTADIENE
noun
A polymer of butadiene, used to make synthetic rubber.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From poly- + butadiene.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, POLYBUTADIENE · 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.
POLYBUTADIENE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 9 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 78, 6 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 136, 3 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 13 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
POLYBUTADIENE starts with P and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read ABDEEILNOPTUY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Could you have found POLYBUTADIENE?
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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