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SILANE
Definition of SILANE
noun
Any of a group of silicon hydrides that are analogous to alkanes (the paraffin hydrocarbons); especially the parent compound SiH4.
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Where it comes from
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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.
SILANE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 36, 25 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 51, 10 July 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 51 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 36, 25 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SILANE starts with S and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read AEILNS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
5 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start SILANE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 36
Could you have found SILANE?
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 36 - and most players walked straight past it.
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