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URUSHIOL
Definition of URUSHIOL
noun
An oil found in plants of the family Anacardiaceae, causing an allergic skin rash on contact; consists of a variable mixture of several related organic compounds.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Japanese 漆 (うるし, urushi, “lacquer tree”) + -ol (“oil”).
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.
URUSHIOL in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 7 boards so far. 15 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 60, 19 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 118, 15 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 60, 19 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Also on
Built from these letters
URUSHIOL starts with U and ends with L. Sorted, its letters read HILORSUU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. U appears more than once.
Words that start URUSHI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 60
Could you have found URUSHIOL?
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 60 - and most players walked straight past it.
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