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PURINES
Definition of PURINES
noun
plural of purine
noun
Any of a class of organic heterocyclic compounds, composed of fused pyrimidine and imidazole rings, that constitute one of the two groups of organic nitrogenous bases (the other being the pyrimidines) and are components of nucleic acids.
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Word DNA
PURINES inherits its ancestry from its root, PURINE.
Line of descent
- German
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
8th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
3.3%
of traced words share this origin (2,611)
branch · 22.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, PURINE · 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.
PURINES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 24 boards so far. 30 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 26, 15 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 152, 19 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 6 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 26, 15 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
PURINES starts with P and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read EINPRSU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
2 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Also seen on Day 26
Could you have found PURINES?
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 26 - and most players walked straight past it.
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