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ALUMINATE
Definition of ALUMINATE
noun
A compound, containing aluminium and oxygen with more electropositive elements, that is a salt of the hypothetical aluminic acid
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Where it comes from
From aluminic + -ate.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, ALUMINATE · 1 relative 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.
ALUMINATE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 16 boards so far. 18 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 28, 17 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 154, 21 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 28, 17 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
ALUMINATE starts with A and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read AAEILMNTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Words that start ALUMIN
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 28
Could you have found ALUMINATE?
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 28 - and most players walked straight past it.
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