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PROBENECID
Definition of PROBENECID
noun
A synthetic sulfur-containing compound which promotes increased excretion of uric acid and is used to treat gout.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From (di)pro(pyl) + ben(zoic a)cid.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
PROBENECID in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 68, 27 July 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 34 days.
First found by a player on Day 68, 27 July 2026.
Built from these letters
PROBENECID starts with P and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read BCDEEINOPR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Could you have found PROBENECID?
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 68 - and most players walked straight past it.
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