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PYROXYLINS
Definition of PYROXYLINS
noun
plural of pyroxylin
noun
A highly inflammable form of nitrocellulose; used in the manufacture of collodion and lacquers.
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Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, PYROXYLIN · 2 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.
PYROXYLINS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 161, 28 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 4 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 161, 28 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
PYROXYLINS starts with P and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ILNOPRSXYY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. Y appears more than once. It uses X - among the least common letters in written English.
Words that start PYROXY
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found PYROXYLINS?
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 161 - and most players walked straight past it.
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