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ALKALI
Definition of ALKALI
noun
One of a class of caustic bases, such as soda, soda ash, caustic soda, potash, ammonia, and lithia, whose distinguishing characteristics are dissolving in alcohol and water, uniting with oils and fats to form soap, neutralizing and forming salts with acids, turning to brown several vegetable yellows, and changing reddened litmus to blue.
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Where it comes from
From French alcali, from Medieval Latin alcali, ultimately from Arabic اَلْقِلْي (al-qily, “alkali, ashes (in reference to ashes of the saltwort)”), related to قَلَى (qalā, “to roast in a pan, fry”).
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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
ALKALI in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 110, 7 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 10 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 110, 7 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
ALKALI starts with A and ends with I. Sorted, its letters read AAIKLL - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A and L appear more than once.
Words that start ALKALI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
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