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PSORALEN
Definition of PSORALEN
noun
Any of a group of furanocoumarins, from the seeds of various plants, that are used to treat psoriasis, eczema and vitiligo.
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Word DNA
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
PSORALEN in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 11 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 45, 4 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 142, 9 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 5 days.
First found by a player on Day 45, 4 July 2026.
Built from these letters
PSORALEN starts with P and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read AELNOPRS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start PSORAL
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 45
Could you have found PSORALEN?
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 45 - and most players walked straight past it.
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