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CHELATED
Definition of CHELATED
adjective
bound with one or more chelates
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Other senses
CHELATED carries 3 further meanings.
adjective
combined with a chelator so as to form a chelate; -- of metal ions.
verb
Simple past tense and past participle of chelate.
adjective
relating to or characterized by chelation
Word DNA
CHELATED inherits its ancestry from its root, CHELATE.
How it is built
Same root, CHELATE · 3 relatives in the game
CHELATED in a sentence
“It can be then absorbed into your bloodstream for bodily processes, although not as efficiently as iron compounds such as ferrous fumarate, iron sulfate, "chelated" iron/amino acid compounds, or colloidal iron found naturally in plants/non-processed foods.”
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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.
CHELATED in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 42 boards so far. 148 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. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
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
CHELATED starts with C and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read ACDEEHLT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Words that mean much the same
Near-synonyms of CHELATED. Not interchangeable at the board - the grid decides that - but close in meaning.
Words that start CHELAT
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 28
Could you have found CHELATED?
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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