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PUTRESCINE
Definition of PUTRESCINE
noun
A diamine, NH2(CH2)4NH2 (1,4-diaminobutane or butanediamine), produced by the breakdown of amino acids in living and dead organisms.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Latin pūtrēscō (“to rot”) + + -ine.
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.
PUTRESCINE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 15 boards so far. 19 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 41, 30 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 98, 26 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 4 days.
First found by a player on Day 41, 30 June 2026.
Built from these letters
PUTRESCINE starts with P and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read CEEINPRSTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Words that start PUTRES
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 41
Could you have found PUTRESCINE?
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 41 - and most players walked straight past it.
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