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PYRROLES

8 letters

Definition of PYRROLES

noun

plural of pyrrole

PYRROLE

noun

Any of a class of aromatic heterocyclic compounds containing a ring of four carbon atoms and a nitrogen atom; especially the simplest one, C4H5N.

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Word DNA

PYRROLES inherits its ancestry from its root, PYRROLE.

Line of descent

  1. Ancient Greek
  2. German
  3. English

2 recorded generations before English.

Ancient Greek

Deepest traced root

3rd

of 59 source languages in OUTLIER

12.4%

of traced words share this origin (10,640)

Hellenic

branch · 12.4% of traced words

How it is built

nouncompound-ole

Same root, PYRROLE · 3 relatives in the game

Every Ancient Greek word → · The Word DNA of OUTLIER →

Rarity score
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Revealed only in play
Tier
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Find it yourself

OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

PYRROLES in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 1 board so far.

Day 1Day 176
Its one board, across 176 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
1
Boards found on
155
First board
21
Days since seen

It first turned up on Day 155, 22 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 21 days.

First ever to find it

curtosis

on Day 155, 22 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

PYRROLES
8
Letters
2
Vowels
6
Consonants
7
Different letters
4
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

PYRROLES starts with P and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ELOPRRSY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. R appears more than once, including a double letter.

Words that start PYRROL

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

PYRROLPYRROLEPYRROLSPYRROLICPYRROLIDINE

Could you have found PYRROLES?

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