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CHROMATES
Definition of CHROMATES
noun
plural 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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Word DNA
CHROMATES inherits its ancestry from its root, CHROMATE.
How it is built
Same root, CHROMATE · 2 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.
CHROMATES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 29 boards so far. 47 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 50, 9 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 141, 8 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 50, 9 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
CHROMATES starts with C and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ACEHMORST - 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 CHROMA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 50
Could you have found CHROMATES?
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 50 - and most players walked straight past it.
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