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REFINERY
Definition of REFINERY
noun
A building, or a mass of machinery, used to produce refined products such as sugar, oil, or metals.
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Where it comes from
From refine + -ry.
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.
REFINERY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 90, 18 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 11 days.
First found by a player on Day 90, 18 August 2026.
Built from these letters
REFINERY starts with R and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read EEFINRRY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. R and E appear more than once.
Words that start REFINE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found REFINERY?
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 90 - and most players walked straight past it.
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