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SORBITOL
Definition of SORBITOL
noun
A faintly sweet alcohol C6H14O6 that occurs in some fruits, is made synthetically, and is used especially as a humectant and softener and in making ascorbic acid.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From earlier sorbite (from sorb + -ite) + -ol. By surface analysis, sorb + -itol.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, SORBITOL · 1 relative 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.
SORBITOL in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 27 boards so far. 78 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 42, 1 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 164, 31 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 42, 1 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SORBITOL starts with S and ends with L. Sorted, its letters read BILOORST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once.
Words that start SORBIT
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 42
Could you have found SORBITOL?
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 42 - and most players walked straight past it.
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