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CITRATE
Definition of CITRATE
noun
Any salt or ester of citric acid.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From citric acid + -ate.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, CITRATE · 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.
CITRATE in OUTLIER
It has fitted 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 3, 24 May 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 138 days.
First found by a player on Day 90, 18 August 2026.
Built from these letters
CITRATE starts with C and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read ACEIRTT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. T appears more than once.
Same letters, different word
2 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Also seen on Day 3
Could you have found CITRATE?
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 3 - and most players walked straight past it.
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