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PYRETHRINS
Definition of PYRETHRINS
noun
plural of pyrethrin
PYRETHRIN
noun
Any of a number of naturally occurring insecticides extracted from the pyrethrum plant; unusual in having a cyclopropane ring.
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Word DNA
PYRETHRINS inherits its ancestry from its root, PYRETHRUM.
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
3rd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
12.3%
of traced words share this origin (10,543)
branch · 12.3% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, PYRETHRUM · 5 relatives 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.
PYRETHRINS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 155, 22 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 18 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 155, 22 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
PYRETHRINS starts with P and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read EHINPRRSTY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. R appears more than once.
Words that start PYRETH
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found PYRETHRINS?
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 155 - and most players walked straight past it.
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