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ACIERATE
Definition of ACIERATE
verb
To convert (iron) into steel, or to coat with a layer of steel by converting only the surface of the iron.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From French aciérage, from acier (“steel”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- French
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
5th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
5.3%
of traced words share this origin (4,487)
branch · 12.8% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, ACIERATE · 2 relatives 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.
ACIERATE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 128, 25 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 43 days.
Built from these letters
ACIERATE starts with A and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read AACEEIRT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A and E appear more than once.
Words that start ACIERA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found ACIERATE?
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 128 - and most players walked straight past it.
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