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ALCAHEST
Definition of ALCAHEST
noun
rare spelling of alkahest
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Late Latin alcahest, apparently coined by Paracelsus as a pseudo-Arabism.
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.
ALCAHEST in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 84, 12 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 18 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 84, 12 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
ALCAHEST starts with A and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read AACEHLST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Words that start ALCAHE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found ALCAHEST?
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 84 - and most players walked straight past it.
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