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CHROMATING
Definition of CHROMATING
verb
present participle and gerund 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
CHROMATING inherits its ancestry from its root, CHROMATE.
How it is built
Same root, CHROMATE · 3 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.
CHROMATING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 147, 14 October 2026. The most recent board was Day 157, 24 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 7 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 147, 14 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
CHROMATING starts with C and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read ACGHIMNORT - 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.
Could you have found CHROMATING?
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 147 - and most players walked straight past it.
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