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THIOL

/ˈθaɪˌɒl/5 letters

Definition of THIOL

noun

A univalent organic radical (-SH) containing a sulphur and a hydrogen atom; a compound containing such a radical.

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Where it comes from

From thio- + -ol.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

Rarity score
Withheld
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.

THIOL in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 5 boards so far.

Day 1Day 102
Its 5 boards, across 102 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
5
Boards found on
64
First board
96
Latest board
12
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 64, 23 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 96, 24 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 6 days.

First ever to find it

eri

on Day 64, 23 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

THIOL
5
Letters
2
Vowels
3
Consonants
5
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
2
Longest vowel run

THIOL starts with T and ends with L. Sorted, its letters read HILOT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.

Same letters, different word

2 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.

LITHOTHOLI

Words that start THIOL

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

THIOLSTHIOLIC

Could you have found THIOL?

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 64 - and most players walked straight past it.

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