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SAFRONAL
Definition of SAFRONAL
noun
Alternative form of safranal.
SAFRANAL
noun
An organic compound isolated from saffron, believed to be a degradation product of the carotenoid zeaxanthin via the intermediacy of picrocrocin.
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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
SAFRONAL in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 82, 10 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 43 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 82, 10 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SAFRONAL starts with S and ends with L. Sorted, its letters read AAFLNORS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start SAFRON
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found SAFRONAL?
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 82 - and most players walked straight past it.
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