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CHROMATE
Definition of CHROMATE
noun
any salt of chromic acid; in solution the yellow chromate anion (CrO4) is in equilibrium with the orange dichromate anion (Cr2O7), the relative amount of each ion depending on the pH; they are both very powerful oxidizing agents
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Where it comes from
From chromic acid + -ate.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
CHROMATE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 13 boards so far. 20 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 35, 24 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 95, 23 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First found by a player on Day 35, 24 June 2026.
Built from these letters
CHROMATE starts with C and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read ACEHMORT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start CHROMA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 35
Could you have found CHROMATE?
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 35 - and most players walked straight past it.
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