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CARBOXYLATE
Definition of CARBOXYLATE
noun
Any salt or ester of a carboxylic acid.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From carboxylic acid + -ate.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, CARBOXYLATE · 3 relatives 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.
CARBOXYLATE 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 104, 1 September 2026. The most recent board was Day 164, 31 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 104, 1 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Also on
Built from these letters
CARBOXYLATE starts with C and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read AABCELORTXY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once. It uses X - among the least common letters in written English.
Words that start CARBOXY
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found CARBOXYLATE?
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 104 - and most players walked straight past it.
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