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CHELATER

8 letters

Definition of CHELATER

noun

Alternative form of chelator.

CHELATOR

noun

A chelating agent

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

From chelate + -er.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

Word DNA

How it is built

nouncompound-er

Same root, CHELA · 11 relatives in the game

The Word DNA of OUTLIER →

Rarity score
Withheld
Revealed only in play
Tier
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Find it yourself

OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

CHELATER in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 1 board so far.

Day 1Day 171
Its one board, across 171 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
1
Boards found on
169
First board
2
Days since seen

It first turned up on Day 169, 5 November 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.

First ever to find it

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on Day 169, 5 November 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

CHELATER
8
Letters
3
Vowels
5
Consonants
7
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

CHELATER starts with C and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read ACEEHLRT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.

Same letters, different word

One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.

Words that start CHELAT

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

Could you have found CHELATER?

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 169 - and most players walked straight past it.

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