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CHELATION
Definition of CHELATION
noun
The formation of a polydentate chelate compound from a metal salt.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From chelate + -ion.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, CHELATION · 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.
CHELATION in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 57 boards so far. 211 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 22, 11 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 149, 16 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
CHELATION starts with C and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read ACEHILNOT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
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.
Also seen on Day 22
Could you have found CHELATION?
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 22 - and most players walked straight past it.
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