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ALKYLATE
Definition of ALKYLATE
verb
To add one or more alkyl groups to a compound, especially by reacting with an alkylating agent
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From alkyl + -ate.
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.
ALKYLATE 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 1 day.
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
ALKYLATE starts with A and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read AAEKLLTY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A and L appear more than once.
Words that start ALKYLA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found ALKYLATE?
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 110 - and most players walked straight past it.
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