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ACCELERANT
Definition of ACCELERANT
noun
Any substance that can bond or mix with, or disturb, another substance and cause an increase in the speed of a natural or artificial chemical process. In the context of fire protection, a substance that accelerates the development of a fire, especially some hydrocarbon-based fuel used to spread a fire caused by arson. A substance used to catalyze the vulcanization of rubber.
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Where it comes from
From accelerate + -ant (suffix forming agent nouns from verbs, or forming adjectives with senses of being prone or tending to do the actions of verbs).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, ACCELERANT · 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.
ACCELERANT in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 131, 28 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 131, 28 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
ACCELERANT starts with A and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read AACCEELNRT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A, C and E appear more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start ACCELE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found ACCELERANT?
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 131 - and most players walked straight past it.
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