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PROPENES
Definition of PROPENES
noun
plural of propene
noun
The organic chemical compound propylene. An alkene which is a colorless gaseous (at room temperature and pressure) hydrocarbon with the chemical formula C3H6.
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Word DNA
PROPENES inherits its ancestry from its root, PROPENE.
How it is built
Same root, PROPENE · 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.
PROPENES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 151, 18 October 2026. The most recent board was Day 159, 26 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 151, 18 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
PROPENES starts with P and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read EENOPPRS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. P and E appear more than once.
Same letters, different word
2 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start PROPEN
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found PROPENES?
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 151 - and most players walked straight past it.
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