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POLYENES
Definition of POLYENES
noun
plural of polyene
noun
An organic compound containing several double bonds, especially one containing a sequence of many alternating single and double bonds
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Word DNA
POLYENES inherits its ancestry from its root, POLYENE.
How it is built
Same root, POLYENE · 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.
POLYENES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 6 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 78, 6 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 156, 23 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 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
POLYENES starts with P and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read EELNOPSY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Could you have found POLYENES?
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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