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CAMPHORATE
Definition of CAMPHORATE
noun
Any salt of camphoric acid.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From camphoric acid + -ate (“salt or ester”). Compare French camphorate.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, CAMPHORATE · 3 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names French.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
CAMPHORATE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 7 boards so far. 11 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 46, 5 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 126, 23 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 21 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 46, 5 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Also on
Built from these letters
CAMPHORATE starts with C and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read AACEHMOPRT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Words that start CAMPHO
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 46
Could you have found CAMPHORATE?
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 46 - and most players walked straight past it.
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