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ACERATE
Definition of ACERATE
noun
A combination of aceric acid with a salifiable base.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From aceric + -ate, see acetic. By surface analysis, Latin acer (“maple tree”) + -ate.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Its etymology also names Latin.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
ACERATE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 102, 30 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 129, 26 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 34 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 129, 26 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
ACERATE starts with A and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read AACEERT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A and E appear more than once.
Words that start ACERAT
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found ACERATE?
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 102 - and most players walked straight past it.
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