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PSILOCIN
Definition of PSILOCIN
noun
4-hydroxy-dimethyltryptamine, a hallucinogenic alkaloid found in most psychedelic mushrooms.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Blend of translingual Psilocybe + -in, from Ancient Greek ψιλός (psilós, “smooth”).
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.
PSILOCIN in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 6 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 29, 18 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 92, 20 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 6 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 29, 18 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
PSILOCIN starts with P and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read CIILNOPS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears 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 PSILOC
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 29
Could you have found PSILOCIN?
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 29 - and most players walked straight past it.
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